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There never was such a rule. I bet dang feels stupid for doing that experiment, it looks like the "hn is no-politics zone" meme will stay around for years.

• DanBC 10y ago
  It's a shame a bunch of pathological arseholes ruined it. It was a good idea. You're wrong about "there never was such a rule" too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463480 > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics
  • akjainaj 10y ago
    By my understanding, "most" officially means "uninteresting", and extra-officially means "those that make the comments section devolve into a flamewar" (which, in turn, means "most")
  • Chris2048 10y ago
    It wasn't a good idea. 'political' wasn't concretely defined, and so the ban just made it easier to flag any topic you don't like by way of a shifting definition of the word.