Probably those posts were considered to be off topic by the people flagging them. Maybe it would be nice to have a somewhat milder tool at our disposal for bord

Probably those posts were considered to be off topic by the people flagging them. Maybe it would be nice to have a somewhat milder tool at our disposal for borderline cases (e.g. down voting of articles). I think weakening the flagging mechanism would make it harder to get rid of completely off topic or otherwise unfit posts quickly.