> The purpose of flagging is to indicate that a story does not belong on HN. Frivolous flagging—e.g. flagging a story that's clearly on-topic by the site guidel

> The purpose of flagging is to indicate that a story does not belong on HN. Frivolous flagging—e.g. flagging a story that's clearly on-topic by the site guidelines just because one personally dislikes it—eventually gets an account's flagging privileges taken away. But there's a new 'hide' link for people to click if they'd just like not to see a story. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173836 This story seems to very much belong on HN. Just because the statement is opinionated and some users don't like it, it doesn't mean that we can't debate about its merits.