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> That's the biggest problem here: People using "flag" as a mega-downvote to eliminate things they don't want other people to read from the front page. I've se
by bigstrat2003 10mo ago
> That's the biggest problem here: People using "flag" as a mega-downvote to eliminate things they don't want other people to read from the front page.
I've seen the moderators (tomhow specifically) explicitly encourage people to use the flag option on posts which are low quality. I believe that the behavior you are complaining about is working as intended.
- tomhow 10mo agoWe encourage users to flag comments and submissions that are bad for HN – i.e., that break the guidelines. When we see that a comment or submission has been unfairly flagged, we'll turn off the flags and restore its visibility and rank. When we see users exhibiting a pattern of flagging things due to political disagreement or other reasons that are unaligned with the guidelines, we disable their flagging privileges.