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Pure politics, nothing technology related.

nickelcitymario 4y ago
Considering how many tech startups are founded by Stanford grads (or current students), I think it's pretty relevant on HN, in my humble opinion.
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  But do we really care about Stanford's alcohol policy and it's permissiveness?
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- jonathankoren 4y ago
  That's what an alumni group is for.
windowshopping 4y ago
Hacker news doesn't exist purely to curate tech articles. It's really for anything that people here find interesting. There are countless posts here every day that are about systems or policy or non-tech science or just simply something thought provoking.
dang 4y ago
HN is explicitly for more than technology related topics: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. The question of how that relates to politics is fraught, of course, but if you or anyone want to know how we approach that, there are past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so....
karaterobot 4y ago
Ironically, the guidelines specifically allow non-technology stories, but advise against complaining about non-technology submissions. So, if you want to be a stickler about the rules, check out the guidelines document, already linked. > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.
- consumer451 4y ago
  I am just extremely salty because in my experience there is a clear right-leaning bias on HN for when politics is allowed. By allowed I mean not flagged. I am very much an indie, but I find this HN characteristic really unfun.

Considering how many tech startups are founded by Stanford grads (or current students), I think it's pretty relevant on HN, in my humble opinion.

cuteboy19 4y ago
But do we really care about Stanford's alcohol policy and it's permissiveness?
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jonathankoren 4y ago
That's what an alumni group is for.

windowshopping 4y ago

Hacker news doesn't exist purely to curate tech articles. It's really for anything that people here find interesting. There are countless posts here every day that are about systems or policy or non-tech science or just simply something thought provoking.

dang 4y ago

HN is explicitly for more than technology related topics: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. The question of how that relates to politics is fraught, of course, but if you or anyone want to know how we approach that, there are past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so....

karaterobot 4y ago

Ironically, the guidelines specifically allow non-technology stories, but advise against complaining about non-technology submissions. So, if you want to be a stickler about the rules, check out the guidelines document, already linked. > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.

consumer451 4y ago
I am just extremely salty because in my experience there is a clear right-leaning bias on HN for when politics is allowed. By allowed I mean not flagged. I am very much an indie, but I find this HN characteristic really unfun.