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Are COVID-19 posts being censored?
All of the coronavirus post are quickly moving off of the front page. Is this just down votes, or is there a site policy in play?
- jimbob45 7y agoSeems like two out of every five posts is about Coronavirus - I'm guessing there's some Coronavirus news fatigue playing a part. It would be very nice if dang and co. would steal the reddit concept of a megathread for this.
- electriclove 7y agoOverzealous mods?
- enchiridion 7y agoCould be. Either way, I get the same feeling of paternalistic calming that's coming from most mass media. Not something I would expect here. Let the information flow. Generally, the people here seem resourceful. More information leads to better decisions.
- electriclove 7y agoThere is some excessive moderation taking place on reddit in regards to coronavirus discussion. I've been using Twitter and bno's site to stay abreast of things.
- enchiridion 7y agoI don't know about the rest of reddit, but r/coronavirus seems pretty good.
- electriclove 7y agor/covid19, r/coronavirus, and r/china_flu are run by the same group and have varying levels of moderation. r/wuhan_flu is uncensored but has been quarantined.
- quietthrow 7y agoMods??? Does HN have people moderating ?? I thought this was all driven by algorithms whose inputs came from people upvoting or down voting and people with lot of karma can in effect boost or bury posts. Genuinely curious here if there are moderators? And if so who is paying them ? How are the organized such that there is 24x7 moderation?
- lucozade 7y ago> Does HN have people moderating ?? Yes
- LifeLiverTransp 7y agoDang they must be well hidden and sneaky. Like News-Ninjas in the night. Now one babbles, a silent woosh of air- and only crickets.
- krapp 7y agoStories likely to be covered by mainstream news are off topic per the guidelines, unless they present some new or interesting phenomenon (which this doesn't,) so the mods may be downranking them as low quality.
- ingeborgk 7y ago03022020: CDC hasn't revealed information to doctors that would help coronavirus patients https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/01/health/coronvirus-patient-research-cdc/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/01/health/coronvirus-patient...