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There are quite a few accounts on HN that flag comments and articles that could be considered critical of Trump. They abuse the guidelines like "Please don't u

There are quite a few accounts on HN that flag comments and articles that could be considered critical of Trump. They abuse the guidelines like "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle." as a censorship tool.

lolinder 2y ago
I'll happily flag articles that are critical of Harris and Biden too, but they seem to get flagged to death long before I get to them. Based on what I've seen, I suspect it's more accurate to say that there are a few accounts that are consistent in flagging all political content, while a majority will only flag if they disagree with it. If you notice Trump-critical articles getting flagged more often that probably says more about your politics than the state of HN.
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- squigz 2y ago
  > If you notice Trump-critical articles getting flagged more often that probably says more about your politics than the state of HN. How does this work? If more Trump-critical articles are being flagged... that's certainly saying something about the state of HN. I'm not sure what it indicates about my own politics?
  - lolinder 2y ago
    I didn't say more Trump-critical articles are flagged, I said if you (or rather, OP) notice them more. HN leans left, but not left enough that the Harris-critical articles don't get posted at all—you just don't have an emotional reaction to them getting flagged to death and so they don't register. I will say that Trump-critical articles definitely last longer and so you'll very likely see more of them before they disappear, which means you're likely to notice them disappear more regularly. That is part of the state of HN, so I'll grant you that—right-wing politics disappear faster than left-wing.
    - squigz 2y ago
      Well I do appreciate you telling me how I react to things, but what I really have a reaction to is posts that aren't about silly political rivalries - and that raise good points about threats to democratic societies - being flagged.

lolinder 2y ago

I'll happily flag articles that are critical of Harris and Biden too, but they seem to get flagged to death long before I get to them. Based on what I've seen, I suspect it's more accurate to say that there are a few accounts that are consistent in flagging all political content, while a majority will only flag if they disagree with it. If you notice Trump-critical articles getting flagged more often that probably says more about your politics than the state of HN.

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squigz 2y ago
> If you notice Trump-critical articles getting flagged more often that probably says more about your politics than the state of HN. How does this work? If more Trump-critical articles are being flagged... that's certainly saying something about the state of HN. I'm not sure what it indicates about my own politics?
- lolinder 2y ago
  I didn't say more Trump-critical articles are flagged, I said if you (or rather, OP) notice them more. HN leans left, but not left enough that the Harris-critical articles don't get posted at all—you just don't have an emotional reaction to them getting flagged to death and so they don't register. I will say that Trump-critical articles definitely last longer and so you'll very likely see more of them before they disappear, which means you're likely to notice them disappear more regularly. That is part of the state of HN, so I'll grant you that—right-wing politics disappear faster than left-wing.
  - squigz 2y ago
    Well I do appreciate you telling me how I react to things, but what I really have a reaction to is posts that aren't about silly political rivalries - and that raise good points about threats to democratic societies - being flagged.