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I would love to see this rule applied consistently.

grzm 10y ago
I agree. HN isn't supposed to have so much political content. Help be part of the solution. Flag politically charged articles. Call out in a civil, non-partisan way comments that are injecting politics needlessly into the conversation. Submit and upvote tech articles you find interesting.
- lacampbell 10y ago
  I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way. I love a good political fight as much as the next person, but there is a time and a place. I come here for tech discussions. I can't flag yet, but I'll do all the rest.
- pjlegato 10y ago
  The guidelines do not ban politically charged content; they only ban political content that is not "evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." Flagging all political content is not consistent with that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - grzm 10y ago
    Yup. There's no ban on political content across the board. Which is why I specifically said "politically charged articles". I'm in no way suggesting flagging all political content. If you think I am, please let me know what gives you that impression and I'll work to be clearer in the future. From the guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them. I think flagging politically charged submissions—particularly those that have shown themselves to lead to largely repetitive non-constructive flame wars—is consistent with the guidelines. That second quote is from the comment guidelines, but I think it's fair to apply the same standard to submissions as well. Edit to add: Are there recent topics on HN that you think have been unnecessarily flagged? Some that you've found particularly useful?
    - ams6110 10y ago
      Political content worth talking about pretty much by definition is politically charged, or so it seems to me. If it isn't, then what is there to say?
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sctb 10y ago
We prefer to (and have to, anyway!) rely on the community for this, and this case is a good example of the downvoting and flagging mechanisms being well-used.

grzm 10y ago

I agree. HN isn't supposed to have so much political content. Help be part of the solution. Flag politically charged articles. Call out in a civil, non-partisan way comments that are injecting politics needlessly into the conversation. Submit and upvote tech articles you find interesting.

lacampbell 10y ago
I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way. I love a good political fight as much as the next person, but there is a time and a place. I come here for tech discussions. I can't flag yet, but I'll do all the rest.
pjlegato 10y ago
The guidelines do not ban politically charged content; they only ban political content that is not "evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." Flagging all political content is not consistent with that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- grzm 10y ago
  Yup. There's no ban on political content across the board. Which is why I specifically said "politically charged articles". I'm in no way suggesting flagging all political content. If you think I am, please let me know what gives you that impression and I'll work to be clearer in the future. From the guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them. I think flagging politically charged submissions—particularly those that have shown themselves to lead to largely repetitive non-constructive flame wars—is consistent with the guidelines. That second quote is from the comment guidelines, but I think it's fair to apply the same standard to submissions as well. Edit to add: Are there recent topics on HN that you think have been unnecessarily flagged? Some that you've found particularly useful?
  - ams6110 10y ago
    Political content worth talking about pretty much by definition is politically charged, or so it seems to me. If it isn't, then what is there to say?
    - deleted 10y ago
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sctb 10y ago

We prefer to (and have to, anyway!) rely on the community for this, and this case is a good example of the downvoting and flagging mechanisms being well-used.