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I find it bizarre also. I don't think this something dang is doing - he provided a pretty legitimate defense here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225442

However I do think there are "flag mobs" which increasingly flag posts they don't agree with.

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Yeah, I don't even think it has to be mob, it's just one of those things that happens as a site becomes more mainstream. Ironically it's related to the same issue as the submission: people equate permitting something to condoning it.

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