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If it ain’t censorship, I don’t know but this went from front page to page 3 in 5 minutes or less. This is why I’m growing more and more discontent with HN. E

If it ain’t censorship, I don’t know but this went from front page to page 3 in 5 minutes or less. This is why I’m growing more and more discontent with HN. Either it was unpopular with the crowd, or the mods. Either way, though, f** manipulated discourse and whoever is instrumentally responsible.

sharklazer 5y ago
I guess I get systemic downvotes for this.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  There's nothing particularly systemic about it, I'd imagine a low-karma, paywalled post with 100 comments gets sandbagged instantly on this site, and the number of downvoted comments in this thread certainly don't help it's case.
pixxel 5y ago
This is why I view HN via RSS. It delivers the top posts even if posts are flagged. >This is why I’m growing more and more discontent with HN. You’re not alone. In fact HN is my last real contact with the mainstream curated internet. I left Twitter etc. some 6-7 years ago. My days here are numbered due to relentless injection of politics.
tpush 5y ago
No conspiracy needed; Any thread with more comments than upvotes gets down-ranked by the flame war detector. Happens all the time, for good reasons.
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bananabreakfast 5y ago
Whenever things don't go your way, make sure to claim censorship at every possible opportunity...
fouric 5y ago
HN is a community-driven news aggregator, where the community decides what stuff they want to see on the front page. "I want this on the front page" is done using upvotes, while "I don't want this on the front page" is done using flags - which are weighted more heavily than upvotes. Also, as others have said, the HN algorithm penalizes things with more comments than upvotes. Finally, the mods (dang and...one other) tend to take a very light touch with respect to moderation. You can decide that you don't like the community (personally, I think that HN started its Eternal September 5-ish years ago), but I don't think that this counts as "manipulated discourse".

sharklazer 5y ago

I guess I get systemic downvotes for this.

smoldesu 5y ago
There's nothing particularly systemic about it, I'd imagine a low-karma, paywalled post with 100 comments gets sandbagged instantly on this site, and the number of downvoted comments in this thread certainly don't help it's case.

pixxel 5y ago

This is why I view HN via RSS. It delivers the top posts even if posts are flagged. >This is why I’m growing more and more discontent with HN. You’re not alone. In fact HN is my last real contact with the mainstream curated internet. I left Twitter etc. some 6-7 years ago. My days here are numbered due to relentless injection of politics.

tpush 5y ago

No conspiracy needed; Any thread with more comments than upvotes gets down-ranked by the flame war detector. Happens all the time, for good reasons.

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bananabreakfast 5y ago

Whenever things don't go your way, make sure to claim censorship at every possible opportunity...

fouric 5y ago

HN is a community-driven news aggregator, where the community decides what stuff they want to see on the front page. "I want this on the front page" is done using upvotes, while "I don't want this on the front page" is done using flags - which are weighted more heavily than upvotes. Also, as others have said, the HN algorithm penalizes things with more comments than upvotes. Finally, the mods (dang and...one other) tend to take a very light touch with respect to moderation. You can decide that you don't like the community (personally, I think that HN started its Eternal September 5-ish years ago), but I don't think that this counts as "manipulated discourse".