You can flag it but I don't think that should be used like a down vote would. It's more of a way to get rid of articles that don't belong on HackerNews. I don't see any reason to 'downvote' or flag this article though. I'm just getting started with Android dev and it seemed useful.
There has been one, and one time only, that I have flagged a story. It was unsubstantiated rumor-mongering with serious allegations, written by someone who has been known to lie in the past (about things as serious as having cancer), and it was an indirect link to try and get around the previous times the story had been posted and removed because of flagging.
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You can flag it but I don't think that should be used like a down vote would. It's more of a way to get rid of articles that don't belong on HackerNews. I don't see any reason to 'downvote' or flag this article though. I'm just getting started with Android dev and it seemed useful.
There has been one, and one time only, that I have flagged a story. It was unsubstantiated rumor-mongering with serious allegations, written by someone who has been known to lie in the past (about things as serious as having cancer), and it was an indirect link to try and get around the previous times the story had been posted and removed because of flagging.