I prefer 5 _why articles in the top 30 to 15 erlang articles. If this is the case it is the Hacker News version of a flamewar and it really mars my enjoyment of the community.

It is interesting that flamewars through comments are quickly curbed since downvoting fades the comment out and sufficient flagging will kill troll(s) quickly. However, there is no way for the crowd to remove articles any longer after articles reach a certain threshold. The erlangers whether intentionally or not are exploiting this loophole.

[EDIT] 2nd <p> is a long-winded version of other comments on this submission :)

As someone who knows neither this underscore persona nor this erlang language, they're both unwanted noise.

Time to add a comment to the feature request thread for filtering.

stopping non-hackers from coming here fosters frustration, and decidedly deteriorates a community of hackers over a period of time, a "flush" seems to only be a reaction from some under appreciated ego's