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Thanks for replying, and for clarifying. HN is, as you are also admitting in a subtle way, anglo-centric. It does not really matter if that's a policy or an eme

Thanks for replying, and for clarifying. HN is, as you are also admitting in a subtle way, anglo-centric. It does not really matter if that's a policy or an emergent property. The consequence is that you attribute more importance to issues related to your cultural area of influence. Readers should be aware about this, and I would like this to be plainly obvious to everybody. I have never implied that this is HN policy, but it's a fact. The reason why I insist is because HN usually pretends this not to be the case, and attributes to perception biases any mention of the problem. Even your post goes in this direction.

grzm 10y ago
as you are also admitting in a subtle way, anglo-centric. I don't think there was anything subtle about it. (I do think anglo-centric is the wrong word to use, unless you mean English-language, or England in particular.) The consequence is that you attribute more importance to issues related to your cultural area of influence. That's natural for anyone, to some extent. I'm sure you and I have different interests based on our, um, different interests. HN usually pretends this not to be the case This seems to be the crux of it for you. I'm sure there are a couple instances of people saying this, sheerly because of the number of comments that have been posted over the years. Can you come up with support for this statement? attributes to perception biases any mention of the problem You'll need to be specific here, because otherwise it's difficult to ascertain whether or not it's perception or not. And, honestly, to move the discussion forward, I don't know how useful anecdotal evidence by you or I is going to be able to do that. You blew past my comment regarding other political submissions flagged, and in the previous thread you reference above, didn't address another's comment that submissions related to the Orlando attacks were flagged as well. Even your post goes in this direction. Will you elaborate? I do think there's a lot to perception bias. I check myself for it often. I've gone through threads a number of times, assessing comments for bias one way or another, both to check my own bias and others, when they make comments such as yours.

grzm 10y ago

as you are also admitting in a subtle way, anglo-centric. I don't think there was anything subtle about it. (I do think anglo-centric is the wrong word to use, unless you mean English-language, or England in particular.) The consequence is that you attribute more importance to issues related to your cultural area of influence. That's natural for anyone, to some extent. I'm sure you and I have different interests based on our, um, different interests. HN usually pretends this not to be the case This seems to be the crux of it for you. I'm sure there are a couple instances of people saying this, sheerly because of the number of comments that have been posted over the years. Can you come up with support for this statement? attributes to perception biases any mention of the problem You'll need to be specific here, because otherwise it's difficult to ascertain whether or not it's perception or not. And, honestly, to move the discussion forward, I don't know how useful anecdotal evidence by you or I is going to be able to do that. You blew past my comment regarding other political submissions flagged, and in the previous thread you reference above, didn't address another's comment that submissions related to the Orlando attacks were flagged as well. Even your post goes in this direction. Will you elaborate? I do think there's a lot to perception bias. I check myself for it often. I've gone through threads a number of times, assessing comments for bias one way or another, both to check my own bias and others, when they make comments such as yours.