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Dang explained yesterday [1] that there is a "common news item" penalty to stories to avoid very hot topics from dominating the front page, but that they have r

• udujdbfhu 7y ago
  Down vote brigades are real. So to are government shills. Finally the mods regularly lie about their ongoing censorship policy. Look no further then the fact that such topics cannot be discussed. My post will be removed very quickly.
• dang 7y ago
  I don't have time to dig up specific links at the moment, but if you look through https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=dang, you'll see that I've written about this extensively in the last few days. China-related stories are anything but suppressed here—it has been the most-discussed single theme of the last week, and one of the most of the last several months. See these #1 stories from the last few days: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-07 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-07 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-10 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2019-10-10
  • asdf333 7y ago
    got it. thanks for the response. Just worried that HN could be a target for concerted manipulation just like facebook/reddit/twitter