Regular community members are doing the flagging. Since this submission is probably the least bad of the wave of recent articles, though, we'll make sure it doesn't get flagkilled.

It looks like it's now been unflagged. It's worth noting that the article is quite moderate in tone (praises Musk for his offer to help etc.), and is mainly asking bigger questions about the Silicon Valley mentality of rushing to apply quick technical solutions outside one's domain of expertise. (Engineer's Disease is a term I've also seen used for this.)

But since then Musk made his defamatory comments on Twitter about one of the rescue divers and the whole thing kinda blew up.

Edit: annnnnd it got flagged again. I guess Musk still has a few defenders on here.

It might be flagged by people just tired of seeing Tesla/Musk threads period, which is understandable. But the posted article is more about the Silicon Valley mentality.

I don't know why it got flagged in the first place, but I flagged it for the suggestion that people who disagree with you are part of a PR campaign, which is an banned argument that is specifically called out in the guidelines.

(I loathe Elon Musk, for whatever that's worth.)

In case anyone else was curious, the relevant paragraph in the guidelines appears to be the following:

> Please don't impute astroturfing or shillage. That degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about it, email us and we'll look at the data.

Why do you loathe him? I’m surprised to hear you say that.

I simultaneously loathe him (and think you shouldn't patronize his businesses) and also agree with Dan Gackle's take that discussions about Musk on HN are like arguments about Spider Man, so I'll spare you the details.

My post wasn't flagged (afaik), the article was.