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Because all the pro-crypto posts are being flagged and removed, so these are the only ones left. Often see them in my RSS feed before they're removed. In genera

Because all the pro-crypto posts are being flagged and removed, so these are the only ones left. Often see them in my RSS feed before they're removed. In general I recommend subscribing to HN via RSS feed only. Unrelated to crypto, it's absolutely crazy what kind of other stuff gets flagged and removed and how politically biased it is in certain topics. Echo chamber is an understatement.

ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago
"pro-crypto posts" sounds just as shallow as "anti-crypto posts". There is so much interesting stiff going on in crypto, but the HN crowd seems to be more interested in retro-computing than in how the world will work tomorrow.
- loveparade 3y ago
  This post here is as shallow as it gets. But surprisingly it hasn't been flagged and removed yet. It may eventually, but the opposite political side is usually removed/flagged within minutes or at most an hour.
RicoElectrico 3y ago
I've been lurking HN since 2019-ish and indeed it's an echo chamber. And I don't mean on polarizing topics. The front page became boring. You see the same authors, websites, topics upvoted by HNers reflexively regardless of actual content. Kinda puts me off submitting any interesting links if they're gonna be buried under n-th Paul Graham's or Seth's or Noahpinion blog post.
- neglesaks 3y ago
  This is sadly a recurring phenomenon on all "Social" media, Facebook, Twitter, IG, HN... When a place becomes a "digital village", people tend to upvote/like/pat-on-the-back the known names automatically without applying scrutiny to their words or arguments, if any.
ferfumarma 3y ago
What kinds of posts get selectively removed? Can you give some broad examples?
neglesaks 3y ago
I agree. The whole "crypto" idea-environment is not far removed from an ideological trench warfare which makes fair debate without the incessant toxic sneering that I see often here on HN impossible. It is (should be?) possible to have a moderate stance on Cc as there are legitimate uses to Cc, but obviously also severe problems around the Cc phenomenon, ransomware being the prime example of such.

ArtTimeInvestor 3y ago

"pro-crypto posts" sounds just as shallow as "anti-crypto posts". There is so much interesting stiff going on in crypto, but the HN crowd seems to be more interested in retro-computing than in how the world will work tomorrow.

loveparade 3y ago
This post here is as shallow as it gets. But surprisingly it hasn't been flagged and removed yet. It may eventually, but the opposite political side is usually removed/flagged within minutes or at most an hour.

RicoElectrico 3y ago

I've been lurking HN since 2019-ish and indeed it's an echo chamber. And I don't mean on polarizing topics. The front page became boring. You see the same authors, websites, topics upvoted by HNers reflexively regardless of actual content. Kinda puts me off submitting any interesting links if they're gonna be buried under n-th Paul Graham's or Seth's or Noahpinion blog post.

neglesaks 3y ago
This is sadly a recurring phenomenon on all "Social" media, Facebook, Twitter, IG, HN... When a place becomes a "digital village", people tend to upvote/like/pat-on-the-back the known names automatically without applying scrutiny to their words or arguments, if any.

ferfumarma 3y ago

What kinds of posts get selectively removed? Can you give some broad examples?

neglesaks 3y ago

I agree. The whole "crypto" idea-environment is not far removed from an ideological trench warfare which makes fair debate without the incessant toxic sneering that I see often here on HN impossible. It is (should be?) possible to have a moderate stance on Cc as there are legitimate uses to Cc, but obviously also severe problems around the Cc phenomenon, ransomware being the prime example of such.