I very much dislike how the flagging system works currently (for posts) - the stories that bubble to the top seem to become more uninteresting, and some of the

I very much dislike how the flagging system works currently (for posts) - the stories that bubble to the top seem to become more uninteresting, and some of the more interesting ones, & sometimes certainly relevant, get flagged pre-emptively, which effectively only serves to squelch discussion at the cost a perceived sense of avoiding conflict for the sake of avoiding conflict. The point of view parroted out as justification for flagging stories though appear to suffer from one thing: an avoidance of taking responsibility for the results of the actions in full, and only accepting responsibility for the perceived gatekeeping of "conflict" & not for the flipside of accepting responsibility of intentionally barring any discussion on [insert topic]. The current flagging system for posts is not the solution, and it really decreases the interesting content present on this site.