Comment by em-bee

users are complaining in a relatively united way, maybe that’s a sign the initial choice favored the wrong post

which wrong post would that have been? i don't think there was any. the same users that are complaining about the flags are also not actually engaging in a worthwhile discussion. there are enough people here that did find this topic. it has, after all, reached at least 50 points before it got flagged. i'd even say that it was flagged because it got popular. and that means, despite the flags, this topic should have enough traction for an engaging discussion, and yet, no such discussion is happening. i have not seen a single comment worth engaging with.

instead of complaining, someone should write a critical editorial about what happened and what it all means. but i think it is to early for that. this was posted right after it happened. i believe we actually need to wait for the uproar to die down before we can have a calm and critical discussion of the events. wait a few days or a week or so until someone will write that editorial, and then we can discuss it here.