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If I had to guess, the mods are bending the scoring to avoid controversial topics again. They’ve done it before with US politics. Lately there’s been a slew of

If I had to guess, the mods are bending the scoring to avoid controversial topics again. They’ve done it before with US politics. Lately there’s been a slew of China news and some of the comments have been incredibly vitriolic. I for one would support this - I like HN being a hacker’s paradise. People grousing over the latest insanity in world news can always find somewhere else to comment.

Fnoord 7y ago
> I for one would support this - I like HN being a hacker’s paradise. People grousing over the latest insanity in world news can always find somewhere else to comment. As long as the insanity is technology or hacker-related it is fine for you? Saying you do not want to see anything political, is apathic and shows you lean towards whatever the status quo is. It is also dishonest (because politics is everywhere). In fact, the very thing I quote from you is a political statement by itself. Here's how to deal with the issue instead: upvote stories you enjoyed and/or press hide on the links you do not want to read.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  > Saying you do not want to see anything political, is apathic and shows you lean towards whatever the status quo is. That's not what they're saying: they just don't want it on Hacker News. > Here's how to deal with the issue instead: upvote stories you enjoyed and/or press hide on the links you do not want to read. This is coincidentally how you deal with spam without a spam filter. At some point, it's not very productive to have to wade through a content stream that's 50% chaff.
  - Fnoord 7y ago
    > That's not what they're saying: they just don't want it on Hacker News. They decided that not only they do not want to see it on HN; they don't want anyone to see it on HN. > You're free to use a website which uses an API to include/exclude based on a whitelist or blacklist. Use RSS with it, et voila. It is a practical solution which does not require third party tools. Also, it is about more than you; it allows you to cast your vote, thereby taking part of the community. You're free to use a website which uses HN API to include/exclude based on a whitelist or blacklist. Use RSS with it, et voila, problem solved for you. Because of the sheer amount of volume, this approach (which is easy to make with a blacklist) works quite well with RSS in general.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      > They decided that not only they do not want to see it on HN; they don't want anyone to see it on HN. Right, which as far as I can tell is essentially the Kacker News guidelines in what to submit.
      - Fnoord 7y ago
        > Right, which as far as I can tell is essentially the Kacker News guidelines in what to submit. Or perhaps your (wishful) interpretation of the guidelines? Quoting [1]: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site. (Emphasis mine.) This is also my last post on this subject with you. Have a good one. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
The Blizzard equivalent of this article is on Page 2 (currently #42): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21207057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21207057
- dang 7y ago
  That's a follow-up. The primary Blizzard story was the #1 story on HN yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08

Fnoord 7y ago

> I for one would support this - I like HN being a hacker’s paradise. People grousing over the latest insanity in world news can always find somewhere else to comment. As long as the insanity is technology or hacker-related it is fine for you? Saying you do not want to see anything political, is apathic and shows you lean towards whatever the status quo is. It is also dishonest (because politics is everywhere). In fact, the very thing I quote from you is a political statement by itself. Here's how to deal with the issue instead: upvote stories you enjoyed and/or press hide on the links you do not want to read.

saagarjha 7y ago
> Saying you do not want to see anything political, is apathic and shows you lean towards whatever the status quo is. That's not what they're saying: they just don't want it on Hacker News. > Here's how to deal with the issue instead: upvote stories you enjoyed and/or press hide on the links you do not want to read. This is coincidentally how you deal with spam without a spam filter. At some point, it's not very productive to have to wade through a content stream that's 50% chaff.
- Fnoord 7y ago
  > That's not what they're saying: they just don't want it on Hacker News. They decided that not only they do not want to see it on HN; they don't want anyone to see it on HN. > You're free to use a website which uses an API to include/exclude based on a whitelist or blacklist. Use RSS with it, et voila. It is a practical solution which does not require third party tools. Also, it is about more than you; it allows you to cast your vote, thereby taking part of the community. You're free to use a website which uses HN API to include/exclude based on a whitelist or blacklist. Use RSS with it, et voila, problem solved for you. Because of the sheer amount of volume, this approach (which is easy to make with a blacklist) works quite well with RSS in general.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    > They decided that not only they do not want to see it on HN; they don't want anyone to see it on HN. Right, which as far as I can tell is essentially the Kacker News guidelines in what to submit.
    - Fnoord 7y ago
      > Right, which as far as I can tell is essentially the Kacker News guidelines in what to submit. Or perhaps your (wishful) interpretation of the guidelines? Quoting [1]: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site. (Emphasis mine.) This is also my last post on this subject with you. Have a good one. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago

The Blizzard equivalent of this article is on Page 2 (currently #42): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21207057 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21207057

dang 7y ago
That's a follow-up. The primary Blizzard story was the #1 story on HN yesterday. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08