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Ask HN: Do HN Mods censor stories unfavorable to their “investments”?
i.e. recent news about the Ethereum based Augur prediction markets being used to place bets that would incentivize murder and terrorism have been removed from the front page. Similar articles are quickly being removed, normally a mod will comment with a link to another submission that was submitted.
- wmf 8y agoI pay attention to [dead] stories and I am completely outside the YC system and I don't see much evidence of this. This particular story sounds both political and fake in the sense that I doubt a single murder will take place.
- jf- 8y agoI imagine it’s been removed for being sensationalist, misleading cryptocurrency spam.
- dang 8y agoNope, we make a point of not doing that. See https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=by:dang%20moderate%20less https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... for lots of explanations. Your submissions were flagged by users, presumably because they were sensational cryptocurrency stories, which users here are tired of.
- cryptobeanbaby 8y agoThank you for replying dang. Transparency in moderation here at HN is immensely appreciated and respected.