People openly admit[1] to abusing the flagging system as their own automated mega-downvote to try to steer[2] the topics towards ones they like and away from on

People openly admit[1] to abusing the flagging system as their own automated mega-downvote to try to steer[2] the topics towards ones they like and away from ones they don't like. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43150182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43150182 2: Their exact word