I 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: ht

I 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.