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It looks like this story was moderated ... it disappeared from the top 200 shortly after reaching the top five of the front page. While discussing politics can
by smoyer 11y ago
It looks like this story was moderated ... it disappeared from the top 200 shortly after reaching the top five of the front page. While discussing politics can often make sane people fight a flame war, this article is in NewsWeek and offers an interesting historic perspective. I didn't submit it, but thanks to @chatmasta for pointing it out.
EDIT - Found it at position 695
- chillingeffect 11y agoI, too, appreciated the historical perspective. I long for it. I would like to see more of it. I'm anticipating that jobs won't get wiped out completely, but people will switch to having more customized services. I'm hoping that things like furniture will be much more customized to peoples' individual needs instead of being sourced from far away.
- alanwatts 11y agoFor what reason would it have been taken down like that? Is politics not allowed here?
- dang 11y agoUsers flagged it, which is the most frequent reason why stories drop in rank on HN, especially when the drop is precipitous. That's what happens when flags reach a critical mass relative to upvotes. We sometimes turn off the flags when the article is unusually substantive. I'm not seeing that here though.
- smoyer 11y agoI wasn't blaming this on The Moderators but failed to differentiate between user moderation and official moderation. Sorry I was unclear. I've seen other cases where stories dropped that fast, and while you didn't find a reason to "resurrect" it, I didn't see a reason for it to drop. It's obviously a community standard and we're (those who liked the history aspect) only a couple of voices, so all is fine. Thanks for answering!
- dang 11y agoIn general The Moderators are strongly biased in favor of historical material, so I hope I didn't indicate otherwise.