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New to Hacker News - anyone know why the other thread about the Hong Kong protests (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20673676 https://news.ycombinator.com/i
by chychiu 7y ago
New to Hacker News - anyone know why the other thread about the Hong Kong protests (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20673676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20673676) disappeared from the front page? It has >100 comments/upvotes and was posted 2 hours ago.
- mtmail 7y agoIt's breaking news politics which in most cases is off topic. CNN currently reports it on their front page. Earthquakes, mass shootings, famous person going to jail are other examples. In generic news they are relevant, HN has a different focus (https://news.ycombinator.com/best https://news.ycombinator.com/best). HN users flag the story as off topic so it looses ranking. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html