Why was the kushner phone hack article flagged on HN?

The discussion asks why a Hacker News submission about Jared Kushner’s allegedly hacked phone was flagged. The linked report concerned secret negotiations and millions of dollars in transactions; its earlier Hacker News discussion had attracted 557 points and 241 comments. One reply says the simplest explanation is that a small number of users clicked the flag button, but that only describes how flagging happens, not what motivated anyone. Another commenter says the submission was not flagged, leaving the premise itself in question.

The original poster admits deliberately omitting the link so people would respond, then asks for the reasoning behind the flags. A reply guesses that the story may have been flagged because it was mostly political, while stressing that no commenter can know other users’ motives. The exchange grows sharper: the respondent questions why a longtime Hacker News user would ask strangers to explain strangers’ decisions, and frames the request as demanding internet telepathy or assuming the crowd has reliable shared wisdom. The poster says the respondent has not addressed the substance, and the respondent reiterates that answering would require mind-reading. The conversation offers no evidence about who flagged the submission or why; it mainly debates whether the question can be answered at all.