[tylerritchie]

Without me having RTFM... Looks like two are buried? Did both have mismatched titles? If so that's probably the most innocuous possible reason. Becoming [dead] is automatic based on number of flags, right?

That said, we know ~30 percent of US voters believe the 45th presidental administration is doing a _good_ job. I'm guessing it's a similar percentage of HN users (plus or minus a few percent).

I'd similarly guess that same 30 percent would reflexively flag any evidence which doesn't agree with their worldviews. Then I'd further guess the HN flagging and burying system relies on actors acting in good faith in aggregate. If 30 percent of HN users reflexively act one way or another ignoring newsworthyness and noteworthyness, I imagine that messes up the tuning of the abuse system.