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by alexhawdon 3632 days ago
"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.

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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.
I want to actively support keeping the quality of submissions high. Hiding junk like this would not be enough.
Your personal idea of a high quality submission is not the yardstick by which submissions are measured. You get that, right?
Of course!