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by dang 992 days ago
Moderators didn't touch this post or even see it until now. It was flagged by users.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#flag

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Which is not surprising. Even the article posits that this is not an issue with any one person, but with the hacker community and culture as a whole. Shrugging your shoulders and saying "Well, users flagged it" is very much in line with the kind of behavior he's criticizing.
> Moderators [...] sometimes turn flags off when they are unfair

Seems like it should be turned off in this case?

Yes, it should be turned off.
But, apparently nobody cares even if the flag was unfair and unnecessary.
Why was this submission never unflagged?