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I was thinking the same thing and Trump is only part of the story. There are interesting articles on the other candidates. I hesitated before posting it but I d

I was thinking the same thing and Trump is only part of the story. There are interesting articles on the other candidates. I hesitated before posting it but I don't believe it's a purely political article and considering the article ends up on HN annually it wouldn't be right to ban it this year. Edit: There's an interesting part on 'the hackers' [1] [1] http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-hackers-runner-up/?iid=toc http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-hackers-runner-... Edit 2: Great, flagged. I'm all for a week of no political news on here but it's a stretch to call this political. If certain users can't engage in civil discussion ban the users - not the discussion.

dang 10y ago
> it's a stretch to call this political I'm sorry to disappoint, but it's really not a stretch to call "Donald Trump person of the year" a political story. We're planning to go back to the status quo ante—with a few adjustments—once the no-politics-weeks thing is over. But even under HN's normal conditions, this article would be off-topic.
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  Ok, I accept that in no-politics week it may not be allowed, however: >> "But even under HN's normal conditions, this article would be off-topic." There were multiple parts to the piece, one of which was the impact hackers have had globally in 2016 (not just on the US election).
  - dang 10y ago
    Perhaps if that bit were a separate article it would be different. In this case the gravitational pull of the lede would be guaranteed to overwhelm everything else.
    - k-mcgrady 10y ago
      Ok, understood. Just trying to get a sense of what's permitted.