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> Someone signed up to make this pro-CCP comment, which was then flagged within minutes - rather ironic given the context in which it was posted. First of all,

by yorwba 6y ago

> Someone signed up to make this pro-CCP comment, which was then flagged within minutes - rather ironic given the context in which it was posted. First of all, it's not a pro-CCP comment: it doesn't mention the CCP even once. Secondly, it was [dead] but not [flagged]. Many new accounts start out [dead] as a result of HN's automatic anti-spam measures, no human flagging involved.

anigbrowl 6y ago
Insofar as the government in China and the CCP are synonymous and have been for a long time, most people would regard approval of the government there as implicit approval of the CCP. It did show up as flagged for me.
- yorwba 6y ago
  The CCP is much bigger than the government and most CCP members don't have any government power, while at the same time there are influential posts in parts of the party that exist outside the government hierarchy (e. g. the Communist Youth League.) So it's entirely possible to think that the CCP is full of parasites trying to mooch off the government while the people actually working in government are at least trying to grow the pie instead of just fighting for a bigger slice, or alternatively that the government is full of power-hungry people and the CCP's internal control mechanisms are at least limiting the worst excesses. So the two are not entirely synonymous. Regarding the flagging status: this is what you copied: > ---- nglengjai 10 minutes ago [dead] | parent | unvouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine If it had been flagged, it would have said so. Compare frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244625
  - anigbrowl 6y ago
    If it had been flagged, it would have said so. Compare frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine Good catch, I guess I mixed it up with a different post.

by yorwba 6y ago

anigbrowl 6y ago

Insofar as the government in China and the CCP are synonymous and have been for a long time, most people would regard approval of the government there as implicit approval of the CCP. It did show up as flagged for me.

yorwba 6y ago
The CCP is much bigger than the government and most CCP members don't have any government power, while at the same time there are influential posts in parts of the party that exist outside the government hierarchy (e. g. the Communist Youth League.) So it's entirely possible to think that the CCP is full of parasites trying to mooch off the government while the people actually working in government are at least trying to grow the pie instead of just fighting for a bigger slice, or alternatively that the government is full of power-hungry people and the CCP's internal control mechanisms are at least limiting the worst excesses. So the two are not entirely synonymous. Regarding the flagging status: this is what you copied: > ---- nglengjai 10 minutes ago [dead] | parent | unvouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine If it had been flagged, it would have said so. Compare frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244625
- anigbrowl 6y ago
  If it had been flagged, it would have said so. Compare frequentnapper 23 hours ago [flagged] [dead] | parent | flag | vouch | favorite | on: I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine Good catch, I guess I mixed it up with a different post.