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Pay attention for a while and you'll notice there's quite a list of topics and positions that are verboten,either because they have a personal army who care abo
by Causality1 6y ago
Pay attention for a while and you'll notice there's quite a list of topics and positions that are verboten,either because they have a personal army who care about them or there's a finger on the scale.
For example, lightly and generally criticizing China will get you a lot of upvotes. Criticizing China in specific ways and proposing strategies of action will get your comment down voted and flagged.
- ricardobeat 6y agoIt's part of the HN guidelines to avoid political topics: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I would imagine Apple et al get a pass since they are strong interests of the audience here. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.
- Causality1 6y agoThat's my point. The rules are only the rules until the bandwagon decides they aren't.