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I agree it's not that uncommon to see stuff flagged and removed, especially of political nature, especially when it's something not viewed in a positive light b
by cannonpr 9y ago
I agree it's not that uncommon to see stuff flagged and removed, especially of political nature, especially when it's something not viewed in a positive light by the moderators in HN. It's not exactly 'free speech guaranteed' on HN.
From guidelines:
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
This allows them a lot of leeway to take stuff down.
- camillomiller 9y agoThe rise Of a political class bred by the technology capital. How is this NOT a new phenomenon worthy of interest for anybody who's into technology and its impact on culture and society?
- dang 9y agoThat would certainly be an interesting new phenomenon if it existed. This article wasn't that. It's a rumor based on a hearsay report—in other words gossip. That kind of thing is rarely on topic for HN because it rarely has much substance. This site exists to gratify intellectual curiosity (i.e. curiosity about how the world works), not the other, more highly stimulating forms of curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html