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The moderators don't seem to want this to show up on HN. A previous attempt at posting it was removed in short order.

by UncleOxidant 2y ago

mannewalis 2y ago
Hmmm who owns Hacker News?
- MisterTea 2y ago
  Master Blaster
verdverm 2y ago
It's HN users flagging this story all day, not the mods
- basementcat 2y ago
  Wonder why
  - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
    Because we can tell already that it's going to lead to a discussion that is full of zealotry (on all sides) rather than a thoughtful discussion.
    - franktankbank 2y ago
      [flagged]
      - morkalork 2y ago
        Don't look up?
    - mupuff1234 2y ago
      Ah, maybe some topics are kinda worth being a zealot about...
      - verdverm 2y ago
        zealots rarely change minds, which I suspect is what you really want to happen
        deleted 2y ago
        [deleted]
  - pvg 2y ago
    Because HN isn't, for the most part, a current events messageboard.
- jeromegv 2y ago
  And mods could revert the flag..
  - verdverm 2y ago
    [flagged]
leotravis10 2y ago
Yep, I'm totally not surprised on this. I expect even more censorship on this site for the next few years (especially criticism) as even the mods and higher ups are kneeling down on this administration just a few hours into it. Not a good look.
dang 2y ago
Moderators didn't touch this. Users flagged it. That's nearly always the case when you see [flagged] on a submission, btw. This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html. (It's a bit more complex with comments, but also the majority of [flagged] comments are flagged by users, not mods.)
- Tadpole9181 2y ago
  Well... can you remove the flag, please? Why in the world are we not supposed to be talking about one of the most influential, powerful people - a tech icon of all things - in all of humanity's history doing a Nazi salute on stage to thunderous applause? It seems entirely disingenuous to come into this thread and pretend you are entirely separated from the flagging of this post when you are actively supporting it!
  - archagon 2y ago
    Also, I’m pretty sure dang has manually unflagged political topics in the past, though I don’t have a list handy.
    - dang 2y ago
      That's true. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... has lots of explanation of how we approach this, and should also explain why the current story isn't one that we would turn off flags on.
      - Xunjin 2y ago
        I'm sorry dang but there is no consistency at all in this decision making, but I do appreciate your work and think you should review why this is been flagged while other posts about "woke culture" were not as other users said in comments.

The moderators don't seem to want this to show up on HN. A previous attempt at posting it was removed in short order.

mannewalis 2y ago

Hmmm who owns Hacker News?

MisterTea 2y ago
Master Blaster

verdverm 2y ago

It's HN users flagging this story all day, not the mods

basementcat 2y ago
Wonder why
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago
  Because we can tell already that it's going to lead to a discussion that is full of zealotry (on all sides) rather than a thoughtful discussion.
  - franktankbank 2y ago
    [flagged]
    - morkalork 2y ago
      Don't look up?
  - mupuff1234 2y ago
    Ah, maybe some topics are kinda worth being a zealot about...
    - verdverm 2y ago
      zealots rarely change minds, which I suspect is what you really want to happen
      - deleted 2y ago
        [deleted]
- pvg 2y ago
  Because HN isn't, for the most part, a current events messageboard.
jeromegv 2y ago
And mods could revert the flag..
- verdverm 2y ago
  [flagged]

leotravis10 2y ago

Yep, I'm totally not surprised on this. I expect even more censorship on this site for the next few years (especially criticism) as even the mods and higher ups are kneeling down on this administration just a few hours into it. Not a good look.

dang 2y ago

Moderators didn't touch this. Users flagged it. That's nearly always the case when you see [flagged] on a submission, btw. This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html. (It's a bit more complex with comments, but also the majority of [flagged] comments are flagged by users, not mods.)

Tadpole9181 2y ago
Well... can you remove the flag, please? Why in the world are we not supposed to be talking about one of the most influential, powerful people - a tech icon of all things - in all of humanity's history doing a Nazi salute on stage to thunderous applause? It seems entirely disingenuous to come into this thread and pretend you are entirely separated from the flagging of this post when you are actively supporting it!
- archagon 2y ago
  Also, I’m pretty sure dang has manually unflagged political topics in the past, though I don’t have a list handy.
  - dang 2y ago
    That's true. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... has lots of explanation of how we approach this, and should also explain why the current story isn't one that we would turn off flags on.
    - Xunjin 2y ago
      I'm sorry dang but there is no consistency at all in this decision making, but I do appreciate your work and think you should review why this is been flagged while other posts about "woke culture" were not as other users said in comments.