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I tried to reply to this thread, but the thread was flagged for a while. Not sure what that was about. I generally agree with the author's assessment. It seems

I tried to reply to this thread, but the thread was flagged for a while. Not sure what that was about. I generally agree with the author's assessment. It seems as if the goal of his treatment is to mask a suicide or cause one. It just goes to show you that we the people should always be suspicious of those in positions of power, because it may be abused.

bArray 7y ago
I had to "vouch" for the article, no idea why it got flagged off of the front page. I read back through the guidelines and I'm pretty sure this is a useful and insightful article for the community [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Tomte 7y ago
  Probably because people are getting tired of this deluge of Assange stories. From this blog alone we have one every day. And I haven't seen a "new comment" in months now. It has been talked to death. You won't convince me, I won't convince you. It's all well-rehearsed sound bites.
  - bArray 7y ago
    Surely it's for each person to decide whether they want to engage in the stories? This blog is interesting (at least to me) because the guy is actually reporting first-hand from the court that will decide his fate.
    - Tomte 7y ago
      Have I said otherwise? I simply explain why some people engage by flagging. And that's nothing you're to "forbid". Sure, read his blog. I still maintain that there has not been a single interesting comment – on either side – in the discussion threads.
  - jjgreen 7y ago
    I hadn't really followed the story up-to now, followed the link from the first of this "one every day" (this is the fifth of this series, hardly a deluge) and have been completely appalled that this is happening in my country. This is the trial of a journalist who faces life imprisonment for revealing war-crimes, and people are "tired" of it. I expected better.
bArray 7y ago
This is now manually removed from the front page...
- Proziam 7y ago
  WTF you're right. Given the subject matter at hand, I find that pretty concerning. How is this not relevant or insightful to some people?
  - Tomte 7y ago
    "Relevant" isn't the issue. "Gratifies intellectual curiosity" or something similarly worded is. Check the guidelines for HN. Otherwise, racism, climate change, healthy diet, etc. would have to be guaranteed constant front page placement. Important issues can be boring, they can also lead to discussions that only re-hash well-known positions. Assange stories are a good example of that effect.
    - bArray 7y ago
      From the guidelines [1]: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find > interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. > If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Hackers _are_ interested in this story for many reasons. People re-hashing positions you happen to find boring is not a good measurement of what should stay or not. I still don't understand why this was manually pulled from the front page. > Otherwise, racism, climate change, healthy diet, etc. > would have to be guaranteed constant front page placement. They do occasionally end up on the front page when people find the topics interesting. For example this study on "night owls" [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22413676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22413676
      - Tomte 7y ago
        > People re-hashing positions [...] is not a good measurement of what should stay or not. Yes, it is. The mods have repeatedly said so. Which answers this why it was pulled.

bArray 7y ago

I had to "vouch" for the article, no idea why it got flagged off of the front page. I read back through the guidelines and I'm pretty sure this is a useful and insightful article for the community [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Tomte 7y ago
Probably because people are getting tired of this deluge of Assange stories. From this blog alone we have one every day. And I haven't seen a "new comment" in months now. It has been talked to death. You won't convince me, I won't convince you. It's all well-rehearsed sound bites.
- bArray 7y ago
  Surely it's for each person to decide whether they want to engage in the stories? This blog is interesting (at least to me) because the guy is actually reporting first-hand from the court that will decide his fate.
  - Tomte 7y ago
    Have I said otherwise? I simply explain why some people engage by flagging. And that's nothing you're to "forbid". Sure, read his blog. I still maintain that there has not been a single interesting comment – on either side – in the discussion threads.
- jjgreen 7y ago
  I hadn't really followed the story up-to now, followed the link from the first of this "one every day" (this is the fifth of this series, hardly a deluge) and have been completely appalled that this is happening in my country. This is the trial of a journalist who faces life imprisonment for revealing war-crimes, and people are "tired" of it. I expected better.

bArray 7y ago

This is now manually removed from the front page...

Proziam 7y ago
WTF you're right. Given the subject matter at hand, I find that pretty concerning. How is this not relevant or insightful to some people?
- Tomte 7y ago
  "Relevant" isn't the issue. "Gratifies intellectual curiosity" or something similarly worded is. Check the guidelines for HN. Otherwise, racism, climate change, healthy diet, etc. would have to be guaranteed constant front page placement. Important issues can be boring, they can also lead to discussions that only re-hash well-known positions. Assange stories are a good example of that effect.
  - bArray 7y ago
    From the guidelines [1]: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find > interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. > If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Hackers _are_ interested in this story for many reasons. People re-hashing positions you happen to find boring is not a good measurement of what should stay or not. I still don't understand why this was manually pulled from the front page. > Otherwise, racism, climate change, healthy diet, etc. > would have to be guaranteed constant front page placement. They do occasionally end up on the front page when people find the topics interesting. For example this study on "night owls" [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22413676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22413676
    - Tomte 7y ago
      > People re-hashing positions [...] is not a good measurement of what should stay or not. Yes, it is. The mods have repeatedly said so. Which answers this why it was pulled.