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They're probably being flagged by people tired of seeing the same thing over and over and over and over again, with much heat and little to no light.

Shouldn't there be free discussion on it though? What do you mean by much heat and little to no light?

HN is not a free speech platform, nobody, not the users or the moderators, is obligated to give stories exposure.

That's true, but it seems odd that they're going out of their way to suppress a story.