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Why has this thread disappeared from the front page? By the way, the link results, for me, in "Sorry, a potential security risk was detected in your submitted r

Why has this thread disappeared from the front page? By the way, the link results, for me, in "Sorry, a potential security risk was detected in your submitted request. The Webmaster has been alerted. "

anothergoogler 8y ago
It's the old HN shuffle: Flag controversial thread off the front page, mark unflagged as dupe of flagged/aged thread that can no longer surface.
- legatus 8y ago
  Does it result in the error for you too? Maybe it's related to that, otherwise it's really suspicious.
- dang 8y ago
  In this case it's the "old HN shuffle" of not having off-topic stories, as I explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681
  - anothergoogler 8y ago
    I didn't mean to ascribe intent. I wrote more earlier in a reply attempt, but it was blocked ("you're posting too much" karma penalty message).
harryh 8y ago
It looks like dang (a HN employee) moderated it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681
- legatus 8y ago
  Oh I see, thanks for pointing it out! Hasn't it been introduced though? I'm not really a U.S. law expert, so I have trouble understanding. Isn't this the bill? (https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/stop-bezos-act-2018?id=C2E88AC5-C629-4680-8F8D-9EE74F343560&download=1&inline=file https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/stop-bezos-act-2018?...)
  - harryh 8y ago
    I kinda agree with you. I'm not the boss around here though.
    - tptacek 8y ago
      (As you note elsewhere) it may have been introduced, but it won't come within a million miles of getting out of committee in the Senate; it might as well be a campaign platform plank. Since there's absolutely no practical impact to this announcement, its presence on HN is really just an invitation to a political argument; it should get flagged away.
pastor_elm 8y ago
mods said it's fake news.

anothergoogler 8y ago

It's the old HN shuffle: Flag controversial thread off the front page, mark unflagged as dupe of flagged/aged thread that can no longer surface.

legatus 8y ago
Does it result in the error for you too? Maybe it's related to that, otherwise it's really suspicious.
dang 8y ago
In this case it's the "old HN shuffle" of not having off-topic stories, as I explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681
- anothergoogler 8y ago
  I didn't mean to ascribe intent. I wrote more earlier in a reply attempt, but it was blocked ("you're posting too much" karma penalty message).

harryh 8y ago

It looks like dang (a HN employee) moderated it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919681

legatus 8y ago
Oh I see, thanks for pointing it out! Hasn't it been introduced though? I'm not really a U.S. law expert, so I have trouble understanding. Isn't this the bill? (https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/stop-bezos-act-2018?id=C2E88AC5-C629-4680-8F8D-9EE74F343560&download=1&inline=file https://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/stop-bezos-act-2018?...)
- harryh 8y ago
  I kinda agree with you. I'm not the boss around here though.
  - tptacek 8y ago
    (As you note elsewhere) it may have been introduced, but it won't come within a million miles of getting out of committee in the Senate; it might as well be a campaign platform plank. Since there's absolutely no practical impact to this announcement, its presence on HN is really just an invitation to a political argument; it should get flagged away.

pastor_elm 8y ago

mods said it's fake news.