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Here's a search for comments with 'inflation' in them between feb and may of '21. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1621296000&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1613088

Here's a search for comments with 'inflation' in them between feb and may of '21. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1621296000&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1613088000&page=0&prefix=false&query=inflation&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1621296000&dateRange=custom&... There seem to be plenty of comments discussing inflation in the first ~10 pages which are not flagged/dead/downvoted to oblivion. Was there maybe some other reason the posts you're thinking of could have been cast as right-wing or conspiratorial?

systemvoltage 5y ago
It was very difficult to say anything. I’m surprised you found some exceptions, I was just going by the memory. I distinctly remember it was such a struggle to express. Even the mildest comments about inflation were straight out flagged as it was against helping the struggling lower-middle class. I think HN is still better, it was far worse anywhere else (Reddit).
- aortega 5y ago
  I think its explainable because back then you were in the part of fuck around, and now you are in the part of find out.
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    I reluctantly admit, I laughed pretty hard at this.