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I'm interested in those threads (I do a lot of work with demographics), but I've never noticed that. Searching for "US demographics collection nationalists" fi

by nl 5y ago

I'm interested in those threads (I do a lot of work with demographics), but I've never noticed that. Searching for "US demographics collection nationalists" finds one result (your comment above - and presumably soon this one): https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=US%20demographic%20collection%20nationalists&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... I tried "US data collection nationalists" but that only found one page of results none of which supported your assertion: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=US%20demographic%20collection%20nationalists&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Do you have a better set of search terms?

chroem- 5y ago
HN's search feature leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to comments. Perhaps some variation of "replacement conspiracy theory".
- joshuamorton 5y ago
  Fwiw, I couldn't find anything resembling what you're saying in the last 2 years under "great replacement" and similar terms.
- nl 5y ago
  I've tried "white replacement data" and "white replacement stats" and "white replacement statistics" (without quote marks) with no luck in the last 2 years. The closest I've found is [1] which is a downvoted comment saying: > Census data indicate White population has shrunk since 2010 Why is this the first bullet point? Why a focus on White people? Why do you care HN? The only other place I see stuff like this is when it’s used as an alt-right talking point, or by white-supremacist mass-shooters who write about ‘The Great Replacement’ [1] So that isn't even arguing against collection of stats. But it's the closest I've been able to find. Perhaps you are misremembering? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735866
  - chroem- 5y ago
    Another extremely unsatisfying possibility is that those threads could have been flagged as flame wars and de-indexed. I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I do distinctly remember reading those posts and I'm willing to stand by that.

by nl 5y ago

chroem- 5y ago

HN's search feature leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to comments. Perhaps some variation of "replacement conspiracy theory".

joshuamorton 5y ago
Fwiw, I couldn't find anything resembling what you're saying in the last 2 years under "great replacement" and similar terms.
nl 5y ago
I've tried "white replacement data" and "white replacement stats" and "white replacement statistics" (without quote marks) with no luck in the last 2 years. The closest I've found is [1] which is a downvoted comment saying: > Census data indicate White population has shrunk since 2010 Why is this the first bullet point? Why a focus on White people? Why do you care HN? The only other place I see stuff like this is when it’s used as an alt-right talking point, or by white-supremacist mass-shooters who write about ‘The Great Replacement’ [1] So that isn't even arguing against collection of stats. But it's the closest I've been able to find. Perhaps you are misremembering? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735866
- chroem- 5y ago
  Another extremely unsatisfying possibility is that those threads could have been flagged as flame wars and de-indexed. I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I do distinctly remember reading those posts and I'm willing to stand by that.