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Is the experiment really over when politically-adjacent threads are still getting flagbombed and removed? Just because it's not in the site guidelines doesn't m
by snackpack 9y ago
Is the experiment really over when politically-adjacent threads are still getting flagbombed and removed? Just because it's not in the site guidelines doesn't mean it's not being actively enforced.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoOK, but you talked about "the day HN announced". That's different from user behavior. (And I'm not sure user behavior changed all that much. People flagged political threads before the short-lived official ban, too.)
- dang 9y agoYes, the experiment is really over. It lasted 3 days I think. Some political threads get flagged and others don't. There was a thread about austerity and Nazis a couple days ago. If you're looking for a blanket rule ("all politics" or "no politics"), we don't have those.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Is the experiment really over when politically-adjacent threads are still getting flagbombed and removed? Yes; that was happening before the experiment, too. Most general political news has been officially OT on HN long before the experiment, and remains so under the general guidelines. The experiment was effectively a ban on that small subset of political content that would otherwise be generally within the guidelines.