Because we flagged it, because it was off topic. Power to the people.
Oh! 'Power to the people'. It's so childish and pathetic :)
I'm not a moderator, but the question assumes too much.
Even if you provided hard data to back up the assertion implicit in your question, I'd have a hard time understanding what this has to do with startups or hacking...
There are much more less-startup-and-hacking-related topics on HN