@dang, @sctb: Could you let your many users know the current HN policy on political articles? Obviously something is going on, it seems since (February?). Not b

@dang, @sctb: Could you let your many users know the current HN policy on political articles? Obviously something is going on, it seems since (February?). Not being up front leads to frustration with wasted time on submissions and comments, and of course a bit of suspicion (e.g., is it supporting some political agenda?). I don't think people want to to reverse engineer your intentions; it's your site, just politely say what they are. I know the guidelines object to Most stories about politics ... unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon, but that is enforced very unevenly. The top story, last I looked, was about politics, as are many others. I know moderating is thankless, so many thanks. :) P.S. IMHO it would be useful to answer on the guidelines page or FAQ. Answers in a thread probably won't be seen by most readers; for all I know, you've already answered several times. EDIT: For those interested, here is some recent discussion of it by dang, but not really addressing this question directly. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086