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Relevant to what?

• effingwewt 6y ago
  Maybe I'm wrong here but if a there were a new Russian President of Queen or England I'd want to be informed, as we all have to interact with each other. But again, maybe I'm wrong and it's just me. I never flag and can't downvote so maybe the people that do are correct. edit- spelling.
  • stareatgoats 6y ago
    > a new Russian President of Queen or England I'd say you are wrong, yes. HN isn't supposed to be your source of news, it is supposed to be a source of interesting topics to discuss. Hence "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic" (from the guidelines). This rule is one of the main reasons HN hasn't gone down in flame wars yet - topics like these routinely result in people losing their temper and the rational discourse goes out the window. edit: looks like the mods decided to save one canonical thread on this subject after all (with a big plea to stay calm at the top): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967