Aren't we flagging too many submissions?

Question

I noticed this article I submitted a couple minutes ago, about an internal reorganization at Blue Origin [0], was flagged a couple minutes after posting.Do we collectively think we are going to degenerate into flame wars so easily even this relatively harmless piece about one of SpaceX's competitors is deemed too risky?I'm all in favor of flagging and hiding articles that devolve into shouting matches and ad-hominem attacks, but proactively doing so before the first comment appears seems to be a bit excessive.[0]: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/citing-too-much-bureaucracy-blue-origin-to-cut-10-percent-of-its-workforce/

ChrisArchitect · Accepted Answer

Or you could just upvote one of the 4-5 other posts on it already.

pmdulaney · Answer

I personally don't see the benefit of either down voting or flagging. Flagging in particular, more often than not, seems to denote: "This post is not sufficiently ingratiating to my political convictions".

silexia · Answer

Huge numbers of federal employee bureaucrats afraid for their jobs are now spamming HN (and every other site) with desperate attempts to paint Elon Musk and his efforts to shrink the federal government in a negative light.

gjvc · Answer

not enough