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One of the reasons I use HN is because of the No Political or Ideological fights rule (because I know I can't stop commenting from time to time even though I'd
by Dah00n 5y ago
One of the reasons I use HN is because of the No Political or Ideological fights rule (because I know I can't stop commenting from time to time even though I'd rather live a life without this crap). I wish rules were here to be enforced, not as guidelines hardly anyone follow.
- distribot 5y agoThis isn’t political though, it’s social. Unless political to you means anything related to the way society is structured and people relate to each other.
- Dah00n 5y agoSince it include both political and ideological fights in the guidelines it doesn't really matter. It definitely fits this thread. Added ideological to OP.
- old_fart_dev 5y agoThis is absolutely political, in that any conversation about Israel's foreign or domestic policy ends up an argument falling along political lines. There's several posts already excusing the blog post because it aligns politically with the poster's own views (in this case, that all Jews have collective guilt for Israel's policy.)
- distribot 5y agoI guess I just disagree with the idea that things which are polarized across party lines are political. Want to note that I’m pro Israel, think the OP said an awful thing, and I am a progressive.
- erect 5y agoHN has a “no-politics” rule? That’s absolute hilarious. This place is nothing but politics.
- duckfang 5y agoEVERYTHING is political, when involving more than 1 person. The DMCA is political, and is the basis in which most orgs allow public comment. Copyright is political. Patents are political. Cryptocurrency is explicitly political WRT being against governments. Most startups are political, in the way many break laws that the incumbents have to follow. The people who "dont want to involve with politics" are primarily the ones whose needs are met, and don't care about others' needs. I would claim it's for selfish reasons.
- dredmorbius 5y agoHN doesn't prohibit ideological or political discussion. There's been plenty of that over the past five years. Over its entire lifetime. What HN specifically requests is "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity." There's a difference. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- kube-system 5y agoYou don't have to start a fight to discuss something. Just treat politically-adjacent discussion it as if it were a classroom situation.