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I find it very worrisome that it got flagged. There's lots of interesting things to discuss about the report because it hits many topics we often discuss on HN.
by arianvanp 8y ago
I find it very worrisome that it got flagged. There's lots of interesting things to discuss about the report because it hits many topics we often discuss on HN. Including security of elections, digital influence, wikileaks, role of the internet and social media in society. How to keep fake news at a limit. These are all topics we discuss regularly. I really don't understand why it's flagged. It isn't even some shitty blog with opinions, it's literally a link to the actual report...
- tim333 8y agoI guess there's a general policy to avoid politics on this site though sometimes it seems interesting to get an HN take. "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics..."
- boshomi 8y agoThis is not politics. It is an example of text analyzing using R programming language and ghostscript (pdftools). ;-)
- xeromal 8y agoWould it be ok with you if we replaced the text source with something more palatable?
- arianvanp 8y agoIf that is true then I must say I have never noticed it before. A big portion of all posts on /best are about politics, governance, reforms, EU copyright laws, GDPR, some lawsuit in Austria about social media, outcries to regulate Facebook. HN is a place with _a lot_ of political discussion. I think it's way better to discuss why you think it's controversial instead of flagging an interesting topic to discuss. So that's why Im sad to see such an active thread get flagged.
- arianvanp 8y agoAnd it got flagged. Classic
- mercer 8y agoI think it got flagged mostly because it's also part of the news cycle, which I personally don't think I necessarily a bad thing. If it is posted again when the hype cycle has moved to, say, another shocking tweet by POTUS, it might fare better. Or at least I hope it will.