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Are you paid by the CCP? Honest question.

• dang 5y ago
  This is your lucky day! Not only is your question answered in this recent Mini-FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26652363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26652363 ... there's even a simple algorithm which will help you answer it for yourself in the future: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26637365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26637365
  • EdwinLarkin 5y ago
    >Q: But isn't this an important world situation? A: Sure—more important than most of what's on HN. That doesn't mean that HN's rules stop applying or that flamewar becomes ok. Also, people angrily yelling on the internet has nothing to do with helping oppressed peoples. It is about activated tribal emotion, and in that sense belongs to the problem rather than any step toward solution. That's pretty convenient if you ask me.But CCP is not some world event not having any impact whatsoever on majority of the people.This is CCP we are talking about not a military coup in Myanmar or North Korea. People have been laid off or harassed because they spoke in favor of HK or Taiwan. >Q: Are you secretly a spy, foreign agent, communist, astroturfer, racist, or sympathizer thereof? A: No; see step 4 of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26637365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26637365. We're just trying to have an internet forum that doesn't suck. The idea of HN has always [1] been to avoid becoming scorched earth [2] or at least to stave off that fate for a while longer [3]. Scorched earth is not interesting, and threads like these are unfortunately a fast road to hell. Yes the possibility of CCP that has its hands in almost any industry sector would not possibly favor those that willingly censor critics of the CCP. Also there is nothing nationalistic when it comes to critique of CCP. CCP != Chinese people.