[lma21]

Any posts linked to the IDF committing crimes are automatically flagged on this site (and others). Many bots are at play here.

[austin-cheney]

Its not automatic due to bot activity. It is from people actively suppressing stories that don't want other people to see.

This is discernible by watching how long it takes stories like these to reach a flagged state on the new submissions page. It is further evident by watching which comments within those submissions get flagged based upon their upvotes and visibility.

[themafia]

> on the new submissions page

What if they only act once it reaches the front page?

[Guid_NewGuid]

Indeed, and try suggesting there should be minimal accountability for flagging[0] and you'll likewise be flagged. Sure maybe the data says there's not some cartel flagging conspiracy but it starts to seem awful suspicious that even reasonable discussion of this misfeature gets flagged.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44962005

[deaux]

> Its not automatic due to bot activity. It is from people actively suppressing stories that don't want other people to see.

Correct! The same people behind the US purchase of TikTok, for the same reason.

[dang]

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=flags%20off%20turn%20by%3Adang...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141443

[therobots927]

You always have plenty of excuses when you get called out. Looking the other way while bot armies mass downvote pro Palestine / anti ICE / anti PayPal mafia content is complicity. I’m sure you have the data to suss out what is obvious to anyone watching these threads in real time.