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479 points jgruber | 2 comments | 27 Mar 25 00:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.856s | source
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cptcobalt ◴[27 Mar 25 01:54 UTC] No.43489653[source]▶
I would like to see more DF on HN. The something rotten in Cupertino was a shattering post—people in my circle who do not read DF were discussing and sending it around, and I work at a place where so many dang people read HN. So I agree with Gruber’s concern.

I’m surprised this post too is already flagged.

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1. spacedcowboy ◴[27 Mar 25 02:56 UTC] No.43489968[source]▶
Well, if John is correct, it's not too surprising that it is flagged...

I've noticed that being critical of Musk or Trump is a flag-magnet as well.. I guess either the owners of the site are cough "free-speech absolutists" or there's some concerted effort to prevent criticism of them - the former seems a lot more likely.

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2. theshrike79 ◴[27 Mar 25 07:13 UTC] No.43491125[source]▶
I'm pretty sure it's just individual people with enough karma doing a knee-jerk flagging on articles they don't like.

Would be nice if someone with access to the backend checked the flagging stats to see if there's a ring of people doing it.