That's a lot of ignoring to do. In the last feminism related thread I can think of (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5432277 https://news.ycombinator.com/it

That's a lot of ignoring to do. In the last feminism related thread I can think of (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5432277 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5432277), the majority of people were, to put it mildly, not exactly progressive. That includes two mainstays of the HN community, with 15k+ karma. The last one before that got flagged off the front page after one commenter declared that he was flagging it because programs that help women are sexist (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5353136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5353136). The story was highly upvoted, but it only takes a handful of flags to relegate a story to oblivion. Pg commented that it was an abuse of flagging, and it was restored, but pg usually doesn't show up, and most of these stories get buried, even when they're upvoted. This story is a perfect example. With "19 points, 3 hours ago", it is ranked 151, right next two stories with "3 points, 14 hours ago".