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This sure disappeared from the front page in a hurry. Here’s your scheduled reminder that, no matter what benevolence they claim, a news site run by a venture
by Analemma_ 9y ago
This sure disappeared from the front page in a hurry.
Here’s your scheduled reminder that, no matter what benevolence they claim, a news site run by a venture _capitalist_ fund may not have your best interests at heart vis-à-vis discussions about capitalism.
- incompatible 9y agoTo be fair, it's an old article that was already discussed years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578841 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13760557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13760557.
- krapp 9y agoI don't think it's likely that Y Combinator is so scared of anti-capitalist discussion on their web forum that they would actually tank the thread to censor it.
- dang 9y agoCome now, we enjoy a good anti-capitalist critique as much as the next citizen. But the community's dislike of dupes knows no bounds. You don't really think we're ideological control constables do you? I can't imagine a sillier thing to be.
- pvg 9y agoWe won't know until the posters organize to take over the means of moderation and consign you to the ash-heap of comment history!
- teilo 9y agoYes, because the voting system on HN has nothing to do with how long articles stay on the front page.