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Advocatus diaboli: WHY is it not an "appropriate" question for NH, and who decides what is appropriate?
by DocTomoe 5y ago
Advocatus diaboli: WHY is it not an "appropriate" question for NH, and who decides what is appropriate?
- ummonk 5y agoI think the guidelines are pretty straightforward - pure politics is inappropriate for HN, but if it's some phenomenon of interest to hackers then it's okay: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html As to who decides, I believe it's a combination of user flagging and moderation by a few HN mods.