Comment by throwworhtthrow

After pondering this for a day I've come around, and agree with you now.

My subconscious worry (now conscious) was that the "political flaggers" would discover the effectiveness of flagging, and expand its use to here-on-out sink any politically unfavorable news topic.

But I then realized that you (HN mod(s)) have been IMO faultless for a decade at unflagging or boosting posts on contentious topics that add at least a smidgen of new information. Sometimes it takes a couple hours for moderation to kick in but that's reasonable.

So I'll continue to trust in HN's moderation, and cease worrying that my favorite discussion forum is in jeopardy!