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Politics is usually against the HN guidelines. Also there's a new thread from the NY Times that has more votes and isn't flagged https://news.ycombinator.com/i

• cmurf 6y ago
  Absurd. There is an identically titled article from election night 2016, for Trump. HN has consistently carried water for Trump by allowing a small number of HNers to flag Trump critical articles, for four years. Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201
  • Kye 6y ago
    I won't deny that HN as a whole has a conservative tilt (edit: at least in who's willing to flag and downvote), but I've always found dang's rulings on stuff fair and reasonable. We'll probably get a thread at some point with a stickied reminder to chill out. edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967 You're on the right one!
    • Steko 6y ago
      Flag abuse and the lack of transparency about it by moderators is one of the worst features of HN.
    • umvi 6y ago
      I seriously doubt HN has a "conservative tilt". People on this site generally try to call the good for the good and the bad for the bad, regardless of party.
  • guscost 6y ago
    Well, that was after Hillary had conceded.
• 3PS 6y ago
  The NYTimes one has also been flagged now, and just about every comment in that thread has been downvoted heavily. My guess is it's a small group of users flagging everything about the election results.