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why was this flagged? Geopolitics and changes in the political arena effect changes on all of us, irrespective of whether or not we know or particularly care ab

why was this flagged? Geopolitics and changes in the political arena effect changes on all of us, irrespective of whether or not we know or particularly care about a given country. Israel specifically has tremendous influence in software (maybe adtech is the biggest software industry there?) - perhaps indirectly, or sometimes quite directly as well as in biotech. Wars, conflicts that arise vs Palestine also play a huge role in our daily lives even if they aren't evident in our day to day existence. So it is a little disappointing that an article that is related to current events is flagged just because perhaps some participants don't like the outcome.

CameronNemo 5y ago
To be frank, if people do not want to talk about something they will flag it to death. Just the way of the world.
dang 5y ago
When you see [flagged] on a submission, it means that users flagged it (this is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it's pretty easy to guess - just read the first part of the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. There are plenty of current events sites out there. If such stories weren't mostly treated as off topic here, HN would be entirely a current-events site. Yes, there are exceptions—you can find detailed descriptions of how we approach that in these past explanations: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... But I don't think this submission would make a good exception. It's a political horse race story. I realize that in this case the horse race turned out to be historic, but that's not going to make for a thoughtful, substantive thread (perhaps 20 years from now). As evidence for that, I give you: this actual thread.
- arthurcolle 5y ago
  Thanks dang, I appreciate the insightful reply - I get what you're saying and can understand the nuance.

CameronNemo 5y ago

To be frank, if people do not want to talk about something they will flag it to death. Just the way of the world.

dang 5y ago

When you see [flagged] on a submission, it means that users flagged it (this is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it's pretty easy to guess - just read the first part of the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. There are plenty of current events sites out there. If such stories weren't mostly treated as off topic here, HN would be entirely a current-events site. Yes, there are exceptions—you can find detailed descriptions of how we approach that in these past explanations: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so.... But I don't think this submission would make a good exception. It's a political horse race story. I realize that in this case the horse race turned out to be historic, but that's not going to make for a thoughtful, substantive thread (perhaps 20 years from now). As evidence for that, I give you: this actual thread.

arthurcolle 5y ago
Thanks dang, I appreciate the insightful reply - I get what you're saying and can understand the nuance.