{"slug": "ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles", "title": "Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles", "summary": "A Hacker News user proposes adding a flag for AI-generated articles to let readers skip them, sparking debate on whether the platform should adapt to the generative AI era.", "body_md": "Should HN add the ability to flag articles as AI-generated? This doesn't have to act as a regular flag, i.e., it won't de-rank the article; it could just show up as an indicator, allowing others (like myself) who don't like reading AI-generated text, to skip it.\n\nOpen questions:\n\n1. Why is the regular voting system not enough?\n\n2. Should HN change in response to the gen AI era? It has been successful not changing fundamentals.\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886741](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886741)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886741", "published_at": "2026-07-13 01:24:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 01:35:07.439667+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-add-flag-for-ai-generated-articles.jsonld"}}