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"It's similar to YC getting to open a China program in exchange for getting a few Mainland mods on HN. Any anti-China posts do come up to front page but then di
by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"It's similar to YC getting to open a China program in exchange for getting a few Mainland mods on HN. Any anti-China posts do come up to front page but then disappear much faster than everything else (same will happen to this one)."
So this is one big statement. Is it true, or are you just guessing at that? Is it common knowledge, or suspicion? Where are we with the validity of that statement?
- verall 7y agoI think it's straight bullshit. There's clearly a 'Chinese Patriot Squad' that comes through and flags/downvotes sometimes, but generally a fairly balanced opinion comes out eventually.
- yorwba 7y agoI don't think there are any moderators besides dang and sctb; dang has denied accusations like this in the past (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19496933 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19496933 ) Complaints like "disappear much faster than everything else (same will happen to this one)" are quite misplaced when they concern posts that spend 10 hours or so on the front page.
- sonnyblarney 7y agoOk, so it's conspiratorial, not very fair. YC seems to be a generally 'above board' entity, if they say they aren't doing anything specifically, I believe them. That said, this is not an NGO, it's a Venture Capital firm. So they're going to assuage their interests. I've always found YC kind of interesting that way, playing along a very fine line. YC has enough credibility (and frankly a lot to lose) so I'll take their word for it.