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Interesting. You don't actually refute any of his arguments.

dang 5y ago
What arguments? I didn't see any. But perhaps the following will help: > HN (Y Combinator) has an incentive to curb posts that could potentially make China angry. We have no such incentive and people post such things all the time (if by China you mean the Chinese government). > Being a forefront Silicon Valley investment company, they have to play the globalist game. Short answer: no we don't. Longer answer: whatever "globalist game" means, I've never encountered the slightest reference to this kind of thing in the years I've worked for YC. > Therefore, I suspect there may be policies in place, whether spoken or unspoken to suppress these types of posts. There are no such policies, as anyone can easily see for themselves by looking through what actually gets posted here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=ccp&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=china&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=chinese&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22chinese%20communist%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=uighur&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... > I don't doubt that there are bots or Chinese nationals that also downvote/flag these posts as well. As explained above, it's against the site guidelines to post like this when you have zero evidence. This is an important rule, for reasons I've explained many times over many years: 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://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20-recycling%20chin&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... --- I believe that covers everything. Better?

dang 5y ago

What arguments? I didn't see any. But perhaps the following will help: > HN (Y Combinator) has an incentive to curb posts that could potentially make China angry. We have no such incentive and people post such things all the time (if by China you mean the Chinese government). > Being a forefront Silicon Valley investment company, they have to play the globalist game. Short answer: no we don't. Longer answer: whatever "globalist game" means, I've never encountered the slightest reference to this kind of thing in the years I've worked for YC. > Therefore, I suspect there may be policies in place, whether spoken or unspoken to suppress these types of posts. There are no such policies, as anyone can easily see for themselves by looking through what actually gets posted here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=ccp&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=china&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=chinese&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22chinese%20communist%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=uighur&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... > I don't doubt that there are bots or Chinese nationals that also downvote/flag these posts as well. As explained above, it's against the site guidelines to post like this when you have zero evidence. This is an important rule, for reasons I've explained many times over many years: 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://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20-recycling%20chin&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... --- I believe that covers everything. Better?