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One of the most chilling maps I've ever seen is the one of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory. It looks like a cell using lysosomes to kill prey. htt

One of the most chilling maps I've ever seen is the one of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory. It looks like a cell using lysosomes to kill prey. https://i.imgur.com/v1lNHEY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v1lNHEY.jpg @dang Care to weigh in on this submission? Seems to be a lot of flagging/vouching going on.

president 5y ago
HN should just ban controversial topics. Every time, these threads just devolve into mass flagging and downvoting and many times its usually one-sided depending on the majority view. Not interesting and not fun at all.
- edgyquant 5y ago
  Political posts are banned unless they involve technology
  - mftaha 5y ago
    Using technology to silence people is technology
  - rorykoehler 5y ago
    Pretty much everything involves technology today. What was that famous quote? "Software will eat the world" or something like this?
  - dang 5y ago
    That's not accurate. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and these past explanations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 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....
    - edgyquant 5y ago
      From your link >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. So while maybe it isn’t “unless they involve technology” is is still claimed in your guidelines that they are mostly banned.
      - dang 5y ago
        If you familiarize yourself with the past explanations that I just linked to, you'll see that this is explained in detail. If, after that, you have a question that isn't answered there, I'd be happy to give it a try.
- grecy 5y ago
  Given that HN is regularly read (and commented on) by some of the top minds in world IT, I personally feel it would be a travesty simply not to mention some of the biggest issues and topics facing the world today. I personally feel there's nothing more important than engaging those high profile and influential minds on these big issues if we have any hope of solving or at least improving them.
  - 2939223 5y ago
    Anything critical of Israel is persistently [Flagged] to death.
    - rorykoehler 5y ago
      Astroturfed by the Israeli social media mafia. You can downvote this but it is well documented that the government unit that does this exists and the patterns are evident here.
      - dang 5y ago
        The site guidelines explicitly ask you not to post like this. If you have specific concerns about astroturfing or similar abuses, please email hn@ycombinator.com so we can investigate. If you're just making up garden-variety internet insinuation about this stuff, that's off topic on HN. Either way, please don't post like this again. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturf https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - adventured 5y ago
    While I have no issue with controversial posts on HN - high profile, influential tech minds have zero influence over the Israel-Palestine matter. The same is true for many controversial topics. The President of the United States and Congress barely have any influence over what goes on between Israel and Palestine. Zuckerberg can't influence the Israel-Palestine context one bit, and he has $100 billion in wealth and controls the world's largest social network. He can't make the slightest of difference, no matter what he believes or wishes were. Zuckerberg is entirely powerless. The same goes for Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Brin, Page, Ellison, Musk and on down the list. So the 'influential' people on HN? Whatever is less than zero ability to influence this topic, that's the power they possess.
- aksss 5y ago
  The problem is seen in other platforms though - who decides?
- dang 5y ago
  That's not a viable option, as I've explained many times. If you (or anyone) want to read some of those explanations, many are here: 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...
- threatofrain 5y ago
  I've already seen something interesting just in the primary post content, notwithstanding any comments.

president 5y ago

HN should just ban controversial topics. Every time, these threads just devolve into mass flagging and downvoting and many times its usually one-sided depending on the majority view. Not interesting and not fun at all.

edgyquant 5y ago
Political posts are banned unless they involve technology
- mftaha 5y ago
  Using technology to silence people is technology
- rorykoehler 5y ago
  Pretty much everything involves technology today. What was that famous quote? "Software will eat the world" or something like this?
- dang 5y ago
  That's not accurate. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and these past explanations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 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....
  - edgyquant 5y ago
    From your link >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. So while maybe it isn’t “unless they involve technology” is is still claimed in your guidelines that they are mostly banned.
    - dang 5y ago
      If you familiarize yourself with the past explanations that I just linked to, you'll see that this is explained in detail. If, after that, you have a question that isn't answered there, I'd be happy to give it a try.
grecy 5y ago
Given that HN is regularly read (and commented on) by some of the top minds in world IT, I personally feel it would be a travesty simply not to mention some of the biggest issues and topics facing the world today. I personally feel there's nothing more important than engaging those high profile and influential minds on these big issues if we have any hope of solving or at least improving them.
- 2939223 5y ago
  Anything critical of Israel is persistently [Flagged] to death.
  - rorykoehler 5y ago
    Astroturfed by the Israeli social media mafia. You can downvote this but it is well documented that the government unit that does this exists and the patterns are evident here.
    - dang 5y ago
      The site guidelines explicitly ask you not to post like this. If you have specific concerns about astroturfing or similar abuses, please email hn@ycombinator.com so we can investigate. If you're just making up garden-variety internet insinuation about this stuff, that's off topic on HN. Either way, please don't post like this again. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20astroturf https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- adventured 5y ago
  While I have no issue with controversial posts on HN - high profile, influential tech minds have zero influence over the Israel-Palestine matter. The same is true for many controversial topics. The President of the United States and Congress barely have any influence over what goes on between Israel and Palestine. Zuckerberg can't influence the Israel-Palestine context one bit, and he has $100 billion in wealth and controls the world's largest social network. He can't make the slightest of difference, no matter what he believes or wishes were. Zuckerberg is entirely powerless. The same goes for Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Brin, Page, Ellison, Musk and on down the list. So the 'influential' people on HN? Whatever is less than zero ability to influence this topic, that's the power they possess.
aksss 5y ago
The problem is seen in other platforms though - who decides?
dang 5y ago
That's not a viable option, as I've explained many times. If you (or anyone) want to read some of those explanations, many are here: 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...
threatofrain 5y ago
I've already seen something interesting just in the primary post content, notwithstanding any comments.