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HN downweights certain topics. Dang is quite open about this[1]. This is a kind of content moderation, which is what section 230 was written to protect. If remo
by amadeuspagel 4y ago
HN downweights certain topics. Dang is quite open about this[1]. This is a kind of content moderation, which is what section 230 was written to protect. If removing posts is legitimate, downweighting them must be as well.
[1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=author%3Adang%20downweight&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- dredmorbius 4y agoSome websites / domains also carry a penalty. This can be overcome with votes and comment activity, or removed by mod action on a given post (which can be requested by emailing mods if you suspect it's the case). See, e.g., <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10448419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10448419> & <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929687>