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In theory you'd be right, but in the practice we talk about everything. Just try searching for Ukraine or Russia and you'll find endless posts.
by xchip 3y ago
In theory you'd be right, but in the practice we talk about everything. Just try searching for Ukraine or Russia and you'll find endless posts.
- smoldesu 3y agoIn practice, hundreds of Ukraine and Russia-related posts were flagged when it was news. There is no strictly reliable bar of guidelines enforcement, flagging posts is almost entirely handled by users. dang isn't hovering over the "kill" button on your favorite threads, the community is flagging them because they are probably flamebait.
- dredmorbius 3y agoThe more submissions there are on a given topic, the greater the number of submissions that will be flagged. That's both a law of averages, and HN's aversion to repeat / duplicate discussion: The intention is not to suppress an important topic but to hold the countless me-too posts at bay—the ones that don't add anything significant. When the massive wave subsides, we'll remove the penalty. For example, there was a period where HN did this for NSA stories, but that hasn't been the case for a while. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8461596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8461596> That said, yes, the vast majority of moderation is done by HN's readers, not mods.
- darkclouds 3y ago[dead]