Also, I don't see what good would come of it. It would lead to extremely much more conflict, and would change the character of the site completely. People would no longer feel free to express their preferences—actually they would no longer be free to express them. This is not a way to fix the problems we face as a community.
(sorry if this has already been asked & answered. I saw the post about turning flags off but haven't seen anything about exposing when it has been)
I could be wrong about this—my own fears and preconceptions definitely affect my thinking here. I fear trying things that can't easily be reversed, because I don't want to cause damage. Also, I'm suspicious of the idea of technical measures to solve non-technical problems. The conflicting emotions and perceptions that dominate this question seem deeply non-technical to me.
It may seem strange, but both of these things are true:
(1) it's the most-discussed topic that exists on HN right now; and
(2) most of the submissions about it are getting flagged.
It's not really so strange—if you think about how the internet (and HN) work, it's to be expected: there's a tsunami of submissions; some are getting through and producing condition #1; others are getting flagged and producing condition #2.
This has happened many times on HN over the years, and every time it happens, the community splits between the people who want more and the people who feel like it's too much.
For example, here's a case from 2020 where someone felt that HN was suppressing stories about what in fact was by far the most-discussed topic on the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962. This dynamic has been around a long time.