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This is totally off-topic and inappropriate for "Hacker News" please dont let this site drift further away

• astura 3y ago
  There's thousands upon thousands of discussions on here about Russia, Ukraine, China, North Korea, Iran, USA/NSA, etc. Why is discussions about Israel suddenly "totally off-topic and inappropriate?"
• dang 3y ago
  HN's approach to this kind of story has been stable for many years. There's no long-term drift [1], but there are random fluctuations, which often raise fears of a long-term drift [2]. If you want more explanation, see my post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39618973 earlier in this thread, and the links back from there. If you read some of those and have a question I haven't already answered, I'd be happy to take a crack at it. [1] I say that because we're conscious of what the principles governing this are, and it's possible to apply them fairly consistently. [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869