> don't you think major world events that are getting tons of interest should be allowed to float up to the front page on their own merit? I don't really see w

> don't you think major world events that are getting tons of interest should be allowed to float up to the front page on their own merit? I don't really see why. It's unlikely any HN readers use HN as their sole news source (and if they do, it's probably because they're uninterested in other news), and there's no shortage of alternative discussion forums for regular news. > If the users are interested in it, why is it being deleted? I'm extremely interested in this story, but I come to HN to read about tech news. I've seen multiple forums/subreddits/etc. lose their core focus because moderators were unwilling to keep the discussion on topic, so I really appreciate that HN's mods actively work to avoid that. Edit: For the record, I don't mind a non-tech news story popping up now and then. But I don't want to see any off-topic post be kept around simply because it gets upvoted.