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Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News being "flushed" again? by petercooper on Thursday August 20, 2009 @06:27PM (#776491)
It's a side effect of not allowing submissions to be downvoted. Flagging is possible but it's hidden enough for people not to bother as much.
Re:Ask HN: Is Hacker News being "flushed" again? by mbrubeck on Thursday August 20, 2009 @06:28PM (#776495)
Also, it's no longer possible (since a month or two ago) for articles above a certain score to be auto-deleted through flagging.