[grzm]

The week-long experiment was terminated early. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13131251

It would have been over by now regardless.

[protomyth]

I wish they had put that on the front page since I was still flagging political articles per the request in the original message.

[grzm]

Yeah, I think that would have been a good idea, too, especially as they kicked it off with a "Tell HN". I think they chose to address it as it came up in the comments. That said, this is getting off-topic :)