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Can everyone acknowledge that this would have been flagged out of existence within minutes if it had been a story about the opposite result? edit: acknowledgin
by bandyaboot 2y ago
Can everyone acknowledge that this would have been flagged out of existence within minutes if it had been a story about the opposite result?
edit: acknowledging that I was wrong about this.
- tyleo 2y agoI don’t think that’s true. I feel like we get an allowance of one of these posts per election if you go back in HN history.
- bandyaboot 2y agoOk, fair enough. I was going from the assumption that political posts generally are removed from hn. But, clearly there's just some nuance that I didn't recognize.
- tyleo 2y agoI appreciate you acknowledging this. Something not done enough. Thanks a ton!
- drdrek 2y agoThere were posts left up on many divisive issues with a "Be kind" message on them. I think what you are thinking of is a "election stolen, storm the capitol" posts :)
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago"Can everyone acknowledge" is such a weird phrase, just like "can we all agree". No, we can't, this isn't how things work, everyone has a right to their own opinion etc. And it wouldn't have been flagged out of existence, see this post from 4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967
- bandyaboot 2y agoOk, I'll acknowledge that I'm incorrect about this.
- infotainment 2y agoIt was actually flagkilled almost immediately, but was eventually revived. I assume this particular one was picked because it was the first article posted about the topic.