Just deal with it. If you hang around long enough, you're going to get articles flagged and marked dead. If enough people in the community flag an article, be

Just deal with it. If you hang around long enough, you're going to get articles flagged and marked dead. If enough people in the community flag an article, because they think it's off topic, it disappears. I didn't flag it, but I think it was off topic, because it's advocacy and not necessarily hacker interest. It causes drama and doesn't really contribute to the conversation. By the way, I think this post itself is off topic. From the HN Guidelines: Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. source: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html