I found this article via https://hn.algolia.com/ and immediately knew, that I would see the flagged mark.
Is this because readers don’t want to be reminded how absurd the world outside has become?
Is this because readers don’t want to be reminded how absurd the world outside has become?
Users flagged the post as breaking the guidelines or otherwise not belonging on HN.
Moderators sometimes also add [flagged] (though not usually on submissions), and sometimes turn flags off when they are unfair.
Also, HN's algorithms have been set up to encourage and abet such behaviour and then blame the 'algorithm'. Not surprising given who owns this site.