According to [here][1] (and other discussions on meta), we are trying to cut down on repetitive answers.  I don't have enough reputation to cast delete votes.  Today I flagged [this one][2] with the following note: "Once you remove the rant from the answer it boils down to "hire interns", which was already covered in an answer posted 8 hours prior".  This flag was declined with the following reason: "flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention".

I don't understand this response.  Since only high-rep users and mods can delete answers, and per my comment there was no point in editing it, what should I have done differently?  Do we not really want these kinds of flags after all?


  [1]: https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/255/faq-proposal-back-it-up-and-dont-repeat-others
  [2]: http://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/1782/recruiting-recent-college-graduates/1790#1790