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by Terretta 4815 days ago
What's worse, as I understand the algorithm's explanation here previously, flagging stories that are much upvoted counts against the flagger. So if the attempt to flag it off fails, those who tried will be penalized.

Disclaimer: I have no idea if that explanation is true. But if so, then you don't want to be the kid with his finger in the dike.