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The HN frontpage is pretty heavily moderated. You may have noticed no news related to Elon Musk/Twitter, for example, because that is usually instantly removed

by paxys 3y ago

The HN frontpage is pretty heavily moderated. You may have noticed no news related to Elon Musk/Twitter, for example, because that is usually instantly removed or downranked. The article about Israel's bombing in Gaza on the front page right now was initially removed but came back after too many people complained, and now has 800+ comments and upvotes. So what you see here isn't necessarily indicative of general public interest or even interest of the community.

thih9 3y ago
Can you give examples of AI or Musk/Twitter news that would be of interest to the community and should have stayed on the frontpage?
- paxys 3y ago
  What's the objective measure of "interest to the community"? The voting score is obviously the closest one, and links I am describing constantly get upvoted to the top and are then removed.
  - pkkm 3y ago
    That doesn't necessarily mean there was any manual moderation. HN isn't just based on upvotes; it also has a flagging mechanism, as well as anti-flamewar mechanisms. They help tilt the scales in favor of technical topics and against lowest-common-denominator content that attracts very poor quality commenters, such as Musk/Twitter drama and most other politics.
  - DannyBee 3y ago
    Example?