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Ask HN: Why do DOGE stories never make it to the frontpage?

16 points Kapura | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

This morning I saw a news story that seemed pretty important for tech workers to be aware of [1]. I went to submit, and I was taken to a page where the post was already marked as "flagged" despite having 400+ upvotes in the 4 hours since original submission. However, the post had been flagged, so I was unable to see it on the front page. Who makes the decisions about what is getting flagged, and why does it seem that none of the really important DOGE news is allowed to surface?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43691142#43692607

1. Ukv ◴[15 Apr 25 16:12 UTC] No.43694945[source]▶
I don't think "DOGE stories never make it to the frontpage" or "none of the really important DOGE news is allowed to surface" are accurate statements. DOGE has been heavily discussed here, and stories have received a lot of attention, e.g:

    The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
    1683 points | 2990 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42910910

    Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'
    1624 points | 1801 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42981756

    Anyone can push updates to the doge.gov website
    1125 points | 1124 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43045835

    DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes
    1092 points | 1462 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43138238

    DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data
    884 points | 1670 comments | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43112084
Flags are just from users. Controversial/polarized topics tend to be more prone to getting flagged, from what I've seen.