I do the same. I haven't seen stats but my hunch is that "accounts older than 3 years" flag those stories much more frequently than "accounts created in the pas

I do the same. I haven't seen stats but my hunch is that "accounts older than 3 years" flag those stories much more frequently than "accounts created in the past 3 years". The former is becoming smaller and thus, about two years ago, the submission/popularity of "reddit-style" articles. I blame Jeff Atwood for constantly posting about how great HN was on his blog years ago. He started it haha.