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by frgtpsswrdlame 3173 days ago
Sure and we've seen over-rides before due to misuse of flagging. In this case it seems to me that flagging has been used as a mega-downvote because people don't want a negative story on Shopify, that misuse is bad for the community and silences people who act within the norms and are upvoting articles they want to see. If stories like the below are fine here, I think this story should be fine here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9583196

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8032614

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13200455

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14209161

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13806397

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15441429