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Threads like this aren't going to reach the top of HN very often (or in my experience, other social networking sites either), they get flagged and downvoted to
by danShumway 6y ago
Threads like this aren't going to reach the top of HN very often (or in my experience, other social networking sites either), they get flagged and downvoted to oblivion. HN policy prohibits me from speculating why, but you can fill in the blanks.
There have been multiple media reports, but it's reasonable you might not have run into them outside of the context of "the PRC is vaguely doing something bad to Uyghurs". But yeah, the reality of what's going on is kind of horrifying, and I think the reaction from other nations (including the US) has been underwhelming.
- antibuddy 6y agoI can also fill out the blanks without violating HN policy. Nobody wants political controversity on their site because it attracts a lot of related problems. It is obiviously part of the spiral of silence and therefore I don't like it much, but one can kind of understand why.
- 99_Woodcutting 6y agoChina is the sole exception for our "no politics, only tech" rule. They are a unique evil that must be destroyed.
- illustriousbear 6y agoI understand it but reject it. If it's a problem for the platform owners, I'll be even more political. Screw them.
- 99_Woodcutting 6y agoChina is the sole exception to hackernews's "no politics, only tech talk" rule. They are a unique evil that must be destroyed.
- tim333 6y agoThat isn't really the rule. They say On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting... Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon... I guess a Uyghur genocide could qualify as something like an 'interesting new phenomenon' though I wouldn't normally describe it that way.