cloverich described the theory. In practice, if enough people loosely band together to flag, they can mark an entire story as flagged. As of late, almost every

cloverich described the theory. In practice, if enough people loosely band together to flag, they can mark an entire story as flagged. As of late, almost every topic related to Elon Musk became flagged, so I wouldn't be shocked if there's a more dedicated brigade for this (as well as a mix of the usual "I don't want politics in Hacker News" crowd).