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the hn mods have moderated almost every post about the freenode takeover off the front page (several times off the #1 spot as well) I think it's clear that, at
by abstractbeliefs 5y ago
the hn mods have moderated almost every post about the freenode takeover off the front page (several times off the #1 spot as well)
I think it's clear that, at best, they don't want this discussion on the site, or at worst, rasengan is demanding it.
Andrew Lee has sought to purchase/influence other similar sites in the past.
- proactivesvcs 5y agoI've seen many of them on the front page, so this cannot be true.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoThat doesn't necessarily follow; they could manually downrank things as they notice items coming up, which would let things hit the front page temporarily. (Not saying this happens, just that that's not a strong argument against)
- mschuster91 5y ago> I think it's clear that, at best, they don't want this discussion on the site For what it's worth, there's a lot of drama mongering in the whole FN saga, and it's usually the same arguments repeated on all sides - the HN mods are known to push this kind of story down after a while. No need to resort to conspiracy crap.