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This post got flagged and went dead. I vouched for it, as I hope others may see it, and I don't believe it broke any of the site's rules.

WalterGR 5y ago
It’s a dupe and hence the flagging is to be expected.
- stickfigure 5y ago
  The original was also flagged, so I don't think this is the answer.
  - smegger001 5y ago
    also many comments in both are being flagged dead.
  - WalterGR 5y ago
    You can comment and reply on the original article, so what’s the distinction other than a text label?
    - smegger001 5y ago
      flagged dead posts don't get seen. so commenting on them is just shouting into the void. both are now flagged dead. someone is purposefully killing discussion of this article.
      - grzm 5y ago
        Flagged and flagged dead are two different things: flagged dead doesn’t mean “strenuously flagged”. If the post is dead, no one can comment on it.
Borrible 5y ago
metoo
happytoexplain 5y ago
It could be flagged because of the title's tone of identity politics (ironically, considering that identity politics is what the author is ostensibly criticizing).
- WalterGR 5y ago
  Or people are tired of the culture wars being fought on HN.
- sebow 5y ago
  That's funny, plenty of politics in the vast majority of threads.But hey, that's what people want that's what they get.
beej71 5y ago
"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I don't think it breaks any rules, but it might be considered off-topic by many. It's certainly not why I come to HN.
- mdp2021 5y ago
  Those with the interest with intellectual curiosity are supposed to be also interested to the intellectual world. And its analysis and consideration is object of intellectual curiosity. We are not in a vacuum but bearing the effects of historic movements from which also our interests depend. These things are important and relevant.

WalterGR 5y ago

It’s a dupe and hence the flagging is to be expected.

stickfigure 5y ago
The original was also flagged, so I don't think this is the answer.
- smegger001 5y ago
  also many comments in both are being flagged dead.
- WalterGR 5y ago
  You can comment and reply on the original article, so what’s the distinction other than a text label?
  - smegger001 5y ago
    flagged dead posts don't get seen. so commenting on them is just shouting into the void. both are now flagged dead. someone is purposefully killing discussion of this article.
    - grzm 5y ago
      Flagged and flagged dead are two different things: flagged dead doesn’t mean “strenuously flagged”. If the post is dead, no one can comment on it.

Borrible 5y ago

metoo

happytoexplain 5y ago

It could be flagged because of the title's tone of identity politics (ironically, considering that identity politics is what the author is ostensibly criticizing).

WalterGR 5y ago
Or people are tired of the culture wars being fought on HN.
sebow 5y ago
That's funny, plenty of politics in the vast majority of threads.But hey, that's what people want that's what they get.

beej71 5y ago

"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." I don't think it breaks any rules, but it might be considered off-topic by many. It's certainly not why I come to HN.

mdp2021 5y ago
Those with the interest with intellectual curiosity are supposed to be also interested to the intellectual world. And its analysis and consideration is object of intellectual curiosity. We are not in a vacuum but bearing the effects of historic movements from which also our interests depend. These things are important and relevant.