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Surely you see the irony in defending the Chinese government in a discussion about how the Chinese government routinely censors businesses and individuals. Doe
by verisimilitudes 7y ago
Surely you see the irony in defending the Chinese government in a discussion about how the Chinese government routinely censors businesses and individuals. Does Ycombinator have any important Chinese business interests?
That isn't bullying and surely you can see how it would be alarming to see you jump to defense in this way, threatening to ban a user over that benign and relevant comment, including criticizing everyone who has supported that user.
- milankragujevic 7y agoNot wanting to take ANY sides in this discussion, but: > Does Ycombinator have any important Chinese business interests? Yes, https://blog.ycombinator.com/category/china/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/category/china/ That does not constitute as proof of moderator's bias, though.
- dang 7y agoI haven't defended the Chinese government. YC was doing something in China for a while but I have no idea how important it was. Knowledge about it hasn't trickled into our corner. HN commenters seem to know more about it than we do. It's worth remembering that HN has editorial independence within YC: https://venturebeat.com/2015/09/29/y-combinator-spins-out-hacker-news-to-give-it-full-editorial-independence/ https://venturebeat.com/2015/09/29/y-combinator-spins-out-ha...