[adamors]

Can we have a moratorium on Pokemon Go posts? It is getting really annoying, especially since submissions regarding it have absolutely no value.

[calsy]

Why? Pokemon Go is the most talked about topic in tech at the moment. Considering this a tech news site, it would seem more than appropriate to show this content.

[adamors]

That's a stretch. This is like any other HN fad, like the 2048 variants, javascript frameworks etc.

[knowaveragejoe]

You must be deluding yourself. It's the most popular mobile game that's ever existed, and it's an ARG at that.

[minimaxir]

Pokemon extends way beyond HN.

[Grue3]

It's only "talked about" because a commercial company behind it wants it to be talked about. Why do you think all these articles are popping up?

[stepanhruda]

It's talked about because people wanna hear about it. If the articles had no hits, they wouldn't bother publishing them.

[Grue3]

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

[knowaveragejoe]

These articles are pretty far from the ones describe in PG's post.

[mason240]

I guess the dozens of people talking about in my social media feeds are all corporate plants. Who knew!

[mynewtb]

Flag and hide is the way to go.

[alexhawdon]

"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.)"

Just hide if you're not personally interested. IMO flagging that would be an abuse of the facility and just wasting moderator time.

[chatmasta]

Do all flags get reviewed by moderators? I was under the impression that if some threshold number of people flag the same topic, it disappears automatically.

[mynewtb]

I want to actively support keeping the quality of submissions high. Hiding junk like this would not be enough.

[obj-g]

Your personal idea of a high quality submission is not the yardstick by which submissions are measured. You get that, right?

[mynewtb]

Of course!