That has not at any point been the pitch. You can see the creator's posts in the original Show HN where it's clear this was always just an alternative to Twitte

That has not at any point been the pitch. You can see the creator's posts in the original Show HN where it's clear this was always just an alternative to Twitter in a neutral way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646083 No talk of politics. I've been on it from near the start. I really can't understand how you got the idea that it was anything more than a roll-your-own-Twitter from the outset. His own feed is 99% cats. If he's especially focused on politics, it doesn't show.