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Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok block democratic hashtags

37 points by arn3n 2y ago

Tags “#democrat”, “#joebiden”, and #kamalaharris” have had all content blocked and removed. Is anyone else seeing this?

vladms 2y ago
And HN seems to flag the topic, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938
- alismayilov 2y ago
  But how does this violates HN policies?
  - vachina 2y ago
    Probably wants to avoid incendiary content (that attracts low quality discourse)
    - timeon 2y ago
      It is usually user-based flagging. There is nothing rational about that. I've been in both (flagging/flagged) situations.
  - weberer 2y ago
    Users flag stories, not the mods. If you have enough points, you van "vouch" for a comment. I don't know if it works at the story level. I don't see that option at least.
    - slau 2y ago
      I seem to remember being able to vouch for stories. Maybe the karma limits have changed? Or it is also very possible I only remember being able to vouch for comments and confusing the two.
      - chomp 2y ago
        You can only vouch if the story is flagged and dead
- beardyw 2y ago
  People flag stuff. I think HN moderators may or may not remove.
  - beardyw 2y ago
    I think it's one of the things you get at over 500 karma.
p2detar 2y ago
Is this a good time to remind people to join Mastodon? I was pleasantly surprised that there is in fact a very well sized community across Mastodon instances.
weberer 2y ago
Its very similar to what we've been seeing over the past 8 or so years. The only difference is that the shoe is now on the other foot. I wonder if we're going to see the usual echo chambers (reddit, etc) reverse polarity in the coming year.
- polotics 2y ago
  Are you sure? I dont' remember the equivalent terms being blocked before.
- clowd 2y ago
  While we're talking about stuff that didn't happen, I'm sure glad the Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl.
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ChrisArchitect 2y ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938
DataDaemon 2y ago
aaaah.... here we go again. Left, Right, Left, Right.
nathanaldensr 2y ago
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37 points by arn3n 2y ago

Tags “#democrat”, “#joebiden”, and #kamalaharris” have had all content blocked and removed. Is anyone else seeing this?

And HN seems to flag the topic, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938

alismayilov 2y ago
But how does this violates HN policies?
- vachina 2y ago
  Probably wants to avoid incendiary content (that attracts low quality discourse)
  - timeon 2y ago
    It is usually user-based flagging. There is nothing rational about that. I've been in both (flagging/flagged) situations.
- weberer 2y ago
  Users flag stories, not the mods. If you have enough points, you van "vouch" for a comment. I don't know if it works at the story level. I don't see that option at least.
  - slau 2y ago
    I seem to remember being able to vouch for stories. Maybe the karma limits have changed? Or it is also very possible I only remember being able to vouch for comments and confusing the two.
    - chomp 2y ago
      You can only vouch if the story is flagged and dead
beardyw 2y ago
People flag stuff. I think HN moderators may or may not remove.
- beardyw 2y ago
  I think it's one of the things you get at over 500 karma.

p2detar 2y ago

Is this a good time to remind people to join Mastodon? I was pleasantly surprised that there is in fact a very well sized community across Mastodon instances.

weberer 2y ago

Its very similar to what we've been seeing over the past 8 or so years. The only difference is that the shoe is now on the other foot. I wonder if we're going to see the usual echo chambers (reddit, etc) reverse polarity in the coming year.

polotics 2y ago
Are you sure? I dont' remember the equivalent terms being blocked before.
clowd 2y ago
While we're talking about stuff that didn't happen, I'm sure glad the Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl.

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ChrisArchitect 2y ago

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42777938

DataDaemon 2y ago

aaaah.... here we go again. Left, Right, Left, Right.

nathanaldensr 2y ago

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