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I've noticed that stories related to Chinese state censorship garner less comments in HN than stories about US or western government censorship. Why is that?

I've noticed that stories related to Chinese state censorship garner less comments in HN than stories about US or western government censorship. Why is that? I'm not making accusations, and if people are not comfortable about talking about this in this forum that's fine. inb4: "There's no proof, you failed to quantify your observation, which is anecdotal and all in your head." Similar such comments were made in the 1940s.

dang 7y ago
> I've noticed That is sample bias. People notice what they dislike and disagree with much more than what they like or agree with. There have been tons of HN threads about Chinese state activity and nearly all are overwhelmingly critical. The HN Search box at the bottom of the page is helpful for finding things. > I'm not making accusations Since that insinuates just the opposite, your comment breaks the site guideline which asks "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html