It's normal for users to flag meta follow-ups to recent big threads, especially when they contain a lot of flamebait.
If users didn't flag these, HN's front page would largely consist of meta flamebait follow-ups.
Here's the principle: curiosity withers under repetition and fries under indignation; also, meta is the crack of internet forums. Repeat+indignant+meta is definitely worth flagging.
@dang you moderate this forum very well, arguably better than any forum out there.
You and I know perfectly well that some kind of tribal loyalty around loyalty on a programming language (they all suck) is an IQ test.
I’ll look the other way on Siebel committing outright fraud, and you let these idiots argue about go vs Rust without displaying any bias.
Everyone knows that Thompson invented UTF-8. And I’m smarter than Pike, who was always a pity hire.