[googleengineer2]

> The more likely explanation is that Google fans and Microsoft haters are doign the flagging.

As a Google employee: yes. We don't like this any more than anyone else does. We want to _earn_ positive feedback. The idea of Google employees flagging (or being told to flag!) stories about Google they don't like is laughable to me.

[recoiledsnake]

Agreed, I also think its just overzealous fans acting on their own. By the way, Microsoft's response is stuck on the 2nd page despite getting a ton of upvotes

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715889