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I don't understand why this is flagged. It's highly relevant to tech (particularly given trump's moves on Chinese tech firms and his treatment of social media)

I don't understand why this is flagged. It's highly relevant to tech (particularly given trump's moves on Chinese tech firms and his treatment of social media) and from a legitimate source.

thekyle 6y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure, the one from 2016 where Donald Trump won had a very nice discussion on it.
- atomi 6y ago
  It wasn't flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752
briandear 6y ago
Technically it’s false because one doesn’t become President-Elect until vote counts are officially certified.
- karmicthreat 6y ago
  Yea, but we've always referred to them as president elect once it's obvious they will win.
- jeffbee 6y ago
  No, one becomes the president elect after the electoral college votes, which is still a month away.
- handmodel 6y ago
  Biden will now begin to receive intelligence briefings. He is the President-Elect (which is not a legal term - it is a media one - so it is silly to insist your definition is correct)
finallyhappened 6y ago
Most biden wins and supporting comments are getting downvoted. Just keep an eye and you will understand the types that moderate the forum.
- dang 6y ago
  Everyone who feels strongly on a topic always feels that way. The opposite types think the mods are the opposite opposite types. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22always%20feels%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=notice%20dislike%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=demons%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
wl 6y ago
Headline is inaccurate. He's not president elect until a joint session of congress counts the certificates of votes from the electoral college and declares him as such. Yeah, Biden likely will be president elect. But the news media's call of what they think is likely is in no way official. Edit: When I wrote this, the headline was along the lines of "Joe Biden is President-Elect."

I don't understand why this is flagged. It's highly relevant to tech (particularly given trump's moves on Chinese tech firms and his treatment of social media) and from a legitimate source.

thekyle 6y ago

Yeah, I'm not sure, the one from 2016 where Donald Trump won had a very nice discussion on it.

atomi 6y ago
It wasn't flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752

briandear 6y ago

Technically it’s false because one doesn’t become President-Elect until vote counts are officially certified.

karmicthreat 6y ago
Yea, but we've always referred to them as president elect once it's obvious they will win.
jeffbee 6y ago
No, one becomes the president elect after the electoral college votes, which is still a month away.
handmodel 6y ago
Biden will now begin to receive intelligence briefings. He is the President-Elect (which is not a legal term - it is a media one - so it is silly to insist your definition is correct)

finallyhappened 6y ago

Most biden wins and supporting comments are getting downvoted. Just keep an eye and you will understand the types that moderate the forum.

dang 6y ago
Everyone who feels strongly on a topic always feels that way. The opposite types think the mods are the opposite opposite types. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22always%20feels%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=notice%20dislike%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=demons%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

wl 6y ago

Headline is inaccurate. He's not president elect until a joint session of congress counts the certificates of votes from the electoral college and declares him as such. Yeah, Biden likely will be president elect. But the news media's call of what they think is likely is in no way official. Edit: When I wrote this, the headline was along the lines of "Joe Biden is President-Elect."