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I agree with you that it's relevant to technical news, but I don't think it has anything to do with "plugging ears" or "willful ignorance." I don't flag them (

I agree with you that it's relevant to technical news, but I don't think it has anything to do with "plugging ears" or "willful ignorance." I don't flag them (it's pointless I think), but I think the people flagging these stories are doing so because they're tired of hearing about it, and because one interpretation of the HN Guidelines supports it.

jlgreco 13y ago
Flagging to often will cause you to very quickly lose the ability to flag at all (the 'flag' link is removed for you entirely). If people are flagging heavily and are allowed to continue to do so, then it seems to me that HN is in some form approving of their flags.