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Discussion of this appalling situation is over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13975351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13975351 It was doing

Discussion of this appalling situation is over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13975351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13975351 It was doing quite well, but about 4 hours ago it appears it got flagged into complete oblivion: http://hnrankings.info/13975351/ http://hnrankings.info/13975351/ I don't know why people have flagged it, I guess they're getting tired of what they see as too many political posts. Personally I think techs and hackers should be deeply concerned by this. But possibly they're not.

wmil 10y ago
The article is doing a worst case interpretation, there's no indication that it's part of some broad policy. A new administration is coming in, websites are being reworked, some previously available data isn't currently available. However people were warned and nothing has been lost. There's no call to personally blame Donald Trump.
- LyndsySimon 10y ago
  > The article is doing a worst case interpretation, there's no indication that it's part of some broad policy. > A new administration is coming in, websites are being reworked, some previously available data isn't currently available. I've not dug into this yet - I've not had the time, and I while I've worked in the past with citations in academic publishing, I don't do so currently so any research I do on the topic must be on my own time - but my initial reaction is that US federal government websites are being reorganized. This is not surprising, considering that Trump's EOs have been thus far largely directed at streamlining the federal government and reducing redundancy. > There's no call to personally blame Donald Trump. Not yet, at least. Not given the information I've seen.