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Proposed legislation typically doesn't work that well as an HN post/topic: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=author%3Adang%20propo
by pvg 4y ago
Proposed legislation typically doesn't work that well as an HN post/topic:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=author%3Adang%20proposed%20bill&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- R0b0t1 4y agoThat doesn't mean you should dissuade posters. This issue is very serious.
- pvg 4y agoHN's remit is not 'everything someone thinks is serious', there are zillions of very serious issues for which HN is not a great place. The problems with proposed legislation posts are covered in the moderation comments I linked. They aren't about whether the issues proposed legislation tries to address are serious or not.
- R0b0t1 4y agoIt's a tech related political matter. Extremely tech related, and misguided based on assumptions about tech. You may think it is irrelevant but the average tech professional I am very sure does think it is relevant.
- pvg 4y agoIt's a proposed-bill post which is a poor fit for HN which, in turn, is why it's no longer on the front page. I did not say anything about it being 'irrelevant' or 'the average tech professional'. Again, this is explained in the linked moderation comments.
- b_mc2 4y ago> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html