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The Hacker News mods should comment why this post has been 'bumped' from the top spot and why it's title is no longer the original title of the article. From t

The Hacker News mods should comment why this post has been 'bumped' from the top spot and why it's title is no longer the original title of the article. From the https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. The title is the original, it wasn't misleading and it isn't 'linkbait'. Its the premise of the article and it's the truth. dang please help me out here.

Brendinooo 10y ago
The headline isn't true. Congress voted to remove regulations, they didn't complete a financial transaction with ISPs.
- peregrine 10y ago
  Because none of them received donations or were lobbied?
  - snowpanda 10y ago
    You're reaching..
    - peregrine 10y ago
      I did one google search and found https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp... and is fully sourced by generally reputable data. I'd be just as pissed if Democrats sold us down the river, which I am about Obamacare several years ago.
- state_less 10y ago
  s/regulations/privacy/
sctb 10y ago
A moderator replaced the original title (which was absolutely as linkbait as they come) with a representative phrase from the article. This topic has been discussed extensively already, so this article received many user flags as well as the standard penalty for follow-on posts. Related discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13942345 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13942345 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13981184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13981184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13951347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13951347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13967955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13967955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13983235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13983235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13973727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13973727
- peregrine 10y ago
  Thank you for being transparent. It seems nearly everyday I see articles rise to the top of HN only to disappear when I return. With no explanation or transparency for the reason. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939514 For example was on the front page for less than 2 minutes before disappearing with zero discussion nor reasoning. Even though it contains extremely Hacker News friendly analysis and discussion. HN needs to come clean, is the no politics rule continuing? Or are the politics of the moderators or the "politics deemed appropriate" going to continue to rule?
  - sctb 10y ago
    > HN needs to come clean, is the no politics rule continuing? Or are the politics of the moderators or the "politics deemed appropriate" going to continue to rule? You're not asking this question fairly or charitably, but that story wasn't touched by moderators. The detailed mechanics of the site are not completely transparent for obvious reasons. On the flip side, we're happy to explain when the community has specific questions. The best way to ask those is via email at hn@ycombinator.com.
    - peregrine 10y ago
      I get you'd like to avoid spammers, bots and etc, but its not at all fair to claim you're not playing politics. > but that story wasn't touched by moderators. Is uncharitable as it gets. I cannot verify it. Based on 3163 days of intuition I can see "ahh yes sometimes stories get unfairly flagged automatically" but I can I also see that 1) Its political 2) It discusses a YC company in a not so appealing light. I'll take your word on it here that nobody touched it, but I honestly see stories disappearing every day whenever they so much as negatively glance at YC/Investments or Politics that benefit YC and YC Investments. (Many former YC companies will more than likely benefit from being able to purchase our browsing history, for example.)

Brendinooo 10y ago

The headline isn't true. Congress voted to remove regulations, they didn't complete a financial transaction with ISPs.

peregrine 10y ago
Because none of them received donations or were lobbied?
- snowpanda 10y ago
  You're reaching..
  - peregrine 10y ago
    I did one google search and found https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp... and is fully sourced by generally reputable data. I'd be just as pissed if Democrats sold us down the river, which I am about Obamacare several years ago.
state_less 10y ago
s/regulations/privacy/

sctb 10y ago

A moderator replaced the original title (which was absolutely as linkbait as they come) with a representative phrase from the article. This topic has been discussed extensively already, so this article received many user flags as well as the standard penalty for follow-on posts. Related discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13942345 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13942345 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13981184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13981184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13951347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13951347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13967955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13967955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13983235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13983235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13973727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13973727

peregrine 10y ago
Thank you for being transparent. It seems nearly everyday I see articles rise to the top of HN only to disappear when I return. With no explanation or transparency for the reason. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13939514 For example was on the front page for less than 2 minutes before disappearing with zero discussion nor reasoning. Even though it contains extremely Hacker News friendly analysis and discussion. HN needs to come clean, is the no politics rule continuing? Or are the politics of the moderators or the "politics deemed appropriate" going to continue to rule?
- sctb 10y ago
  > HN needs to come clean, is the no politics rule continuing? Or are the politics of the moderators or the "politics deemed appropriate" going to continue to rule? You're not asking this question fairly or charitably, but that story wasn't touched by moderators. The detailed mechanics of the site are not completely transparent for obvious reasons. On the flip side, we're happy to explain when the community has specific questions. The best way to ask those is via email at hn@ycombinator.com.
  - peregrine 10y ago
    I get you'd like to avoid spammers, bots and etc, but its not at all fair to claim you're not playing politics. > but that story wasn't touched by moderators. Is uncharitable as it gets. I cannot verify it. Based on 3163 days of intuition I can see "ahh yes sometimes stories get unfairly flagged automatically" but I can I also see that 1) Its political 2) It discusses a YC company in a not so appealing light. I'll take your word on it here that nobody touched it, but I honestly see stories disappearing every day whenever they so much as negatively glance at YC/Investments or Politics that benefit YC and YC Investments. (Many former YC companies will more than likely benefit from being able to purchase our browsing history, for example.)