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This post was flagged and removed from the front page. Now, I don't know all of HN's policies - I know political posts were not allowed here around election tim
by wallacoloo 9y ago
This post was flagged and removed from the front page. Now, I don't know all of HN's policies - I know political posts were not allowed here around election time, and maybe the flagging was due not to the content of the article but rather the exceptional negativity of its comments - but doesn't this seem, on the surface, at least somewhat ironic?
- notgood 9y agoA few of the HN mods are SJW or at least their sympathizers; clearly not @paulg but a few of the younger members.
- safek 9y agoCurious; who are the HN mods?
- dang 9y agoMods didn't flag that post. As for 'SJW', when people accuse us of moderating HN ideologically their logic typically goes like this: 1. I agree with X. 2. An X was flagged. 3. Mods did it. 4. Mods are anti-X. There's more than one non sequitur in that.
- notgood 9y agoIt is not about mods flagging it, is about not un-flagging it (guilt by omission). But sure, there is a chance that what you said is true.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- grzm 9y ago> * know political posts were not allowed here around election time* It's not just election time: general political articles are discouraged. From the guidelines: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. You can view the guidelines here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > maybe the flagging was due not to the content of the article but rather the exceptional negativity of its comments I think this is likely what's happening. Some topics do not lend themselves to civil and constructive discourse on HN, and as such, some members will flag them as inappropriate for HN.
- sctb 9y agoWe've turned off the flags so the discussion can continue. We ask that commenters take particular care to comment civilly and substantively—controversial topics like these are both more spark-provoking and spark-sensitive.