Flagging is supposed to be for spam and other submissions that don't belong on HN. It is not supposed to be used for downvoting things you personally are not in

Flagging is supposed to be for spam and other submissions that don't belong on HN. It is not supposed to be used for downvoting things you personally are not interested in. So it sounds like you abused your flag ability and it got revoked. Which I didn't know could happen.