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I submitted this article because I thought it was interesting which medical treatments the leader of the free world would receive vs the average patient. The ar

I submitted this article because I thought it was interesting which medical treatments the leader of the free world would receive vs the average patient. The article was medical in nature and not political in any way. I think it's sad the submission gets moderated off HN. I was hoping to read some interesting comments from HN users in the medical field.

adventured 6y ago
The article should be unflagged, you're entirely correct about the interest aspect of the treatment being used for the President of the United States.
xiphias2 6y ago
Thanks for doing it anyways! Moderation is great here, but still there are false positives/negatives
sneak 6y ago
I made https://orangesite.sneak.cloud https://orangesite.sneak.cloud to discover links that get removed from the frontpage, which is how I saw this comment.
- s9w 6y ago
  I'm not entirely sure how that site works, but that is gold. You should absolutely submit that (again).
  - sneak 6y ago
    It works by consuming the HN api and noticing how long things stay on the front page. Full source code is provided: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/orangesite https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/orangesite I tend to avoid submitting my own sites more than once, and I submitted this one six months ago when I made it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742607 If you think it should be resubmitted, you may submit it yourself.
krimeo 6y ago
I have sumbitted a link to the primary source stating that the US president is positive for coronavirus. It got flagged and removed as well. At first I had the same reaction like you but I do understand HN tries to stir clear of US politics to avoid needless flamewars, and even though are posts are not political in nature they still prefer to moderate these borderline posts because let's be honest they would lead to stupid flamewars anyway.

adventured 6y ago

The article should be unflagged, you're entirely correct about the interest aspect of the treatment being used for the President of the United States.

xiphias2 6y ago

Thanks for doing it anyways! Moderation is great here, but still there are false positives/negatives

sneak 6y ago

I made https://orangesite.sneak.cloud https://orangesite.sneak.cloud to discover links that get removed from the frontpage, which is how I saw this comment.

s9w 6y ago
I'm not entirely sure how that site works, but that is gold. You should absolutely submit that (again).
- sneak 6y ago
  It works by consuming the HN api and noticing how long things stay on the front page. Full source code is provided: https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/orangesite https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/orangesite I tend to avoid submitting my own sites more than once, and I submitted this one six months ago when I made it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742607 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22742607 If you think it should be resubmitted, you may submit it yourself.

krimeo 6y ago

I have sumbitted a link to the primary source stating that the US president is positive for coronavirus. It got flagged and removed as well. At first I had the same reaction like you but I do understand HN tries to stir clear of US politics to avoid needless flamewars, and even though are posts are not political in nature they still prefer to moderate these borderline posts because let's be honest they would lead to stupid flamewars anyway.