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related (flagged) thread of the zeit.de article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12303927

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Why it was flagged?

Because it is drama, just like this post.

(A more precise answer would be that your question is impossible to really answer, since it's the users of the site who flag stories; it's like asking why something was upvoted.)

It is not drama if two German equivalents of the New York Times and the Washington Post both slam the Tor foundation's behavior. This is the other one:

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/jagd-auf-jacob-...

The FAZ and the Zeit are two of the most serious newspapers in Germany. FAZ is conservative/business friendly.

I'm afraid these particular authorities aren't meaningful enough to me to make compelling appeals to them. This all sure looks like drama to me. That is at least why I flagged them.

For what it's worth, I flagged a bunch of anti-Appelbaum stories too. For the same reason. Drama.

Neither you or the Tor foundation are authorities to me either. The story is not only Appelbaum, but how a bureaucratic authority can affect someone's life, how much power OSS devs should give to foundations.

Most people here are of course safe, since they don't do OSS and just leech other people's work.

Comments like this are the reason I flag anything that looks like it will generate drama. Thanks for helping me make my point.

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