[mindcrime]

Flags are submitted on posts by individuals for reasons that are of their own choosing.[1] If enough users flag a story, it goes into the [dead][flagged] state you see. But unless the users who flagged it choose to chime in, there's no real way to be sure why it was flagged.

That said, if I had to guess, I'd say @Udo nailed it. The topic just doesn't seem like something that is going to lead to high-quality and interesting discussion. I mean, I wouldn't have flagged it myself (I'm pretty laissez-faire on that kind of thing) but I can see why others might have.

[1]: within reason. I don't know if it's been explicitly stated or not, but I suspect that if a user kept flagging stories for no good reason, they would lose their ability to flag, or have some other consequences. But that's just a guess, I have no insider knowledge or anything.

[gus_massa]

I agree. Moreover, monthly semi-repetitive post usually don't get traction except the first time. Looking at https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Ask%20HN%3A%20Who%20Is%20Firin... I see one successful post per year. I wouldn't have flagged it, but I don't expect it to get traction.