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>>sundae+(OP)
Why is this flagged? Surely one of the most influential people in the tech space (and the richest man in the world) doing a nazi salute is pertinent to Hacker News?

>>johnet+e3
Users flagged it.

See >>42775519 for more

>>dang+YE
I’ve noticed that recent posts critical of Musk are getting flagged. This can’t be a coincidence.

>>insane+OQ2
Nearly all stories about His Muskness get flagged, especially the sensational ones, for reasons that are not hard for anyone who has read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html to understand. (Edit: if it helps at all, I would expect that positive cases get even more flagged than negative cases.)

The underlying issue isn't boo-$celebrity vs. yay-$celebrity, it's that HN doesn't function well under indignation or repetition, and that topic maximizes both.

>>dang+Gi3
Fair enough. And this one in particular fits in that category of pro/anti Elon.

But the DOGE ones also being flagged[0] don't fit that category and are highly relevant and impactful, IMO.

[0] >>42775684

>>insane+mc4
With that one, it was hard to tell how much the story was just about a rename vs. how much was about substantive changes. I've belatedly turned off the flags though.