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Can we please not DOGEify every comment thread? I know that it's on a lot of minds all the time, but we have a whole spot on the front page effectively reserved

Can we please not DOGEify every comment thread? I know that it's on a lot of minds all the time, but we have a whole spot on the front page effectively reserved for DOGE 24/7, and I'd like to see literally anything else in the other 29 slots.

bloomingkales 2y ago
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bigstrat2003 2y ago
Agreed. People are unhealthily obsessed with DOGE here. And on top of that, basically every DOGE thread turns into a flame war. It's extremely deleterious for the site to have everything collapse into DOGE talk.
- theshackleford 2y ago
  If my countries institutions were being dismantled by chuds via dubious and unprecedented means I’d be pretty obsessed.
- cma 2y ago
  Thiel was part of ycombinator for a time, current head of yc worked for Palantir and has been working on DOGE-related Curtis Yarvin type stuff, so it is likely to come up here a lot.
tomrod 2y ago
It's timely, current, and surprisingly related. I see no issue here. See my sister comment as to why.
cbracketdash 2y ago
I agree its quite annoying. But it only comes up because of the massive change it will cause across the whole country and it's important to remain prepared for implications.
- lolinder 2y ago
  A large percentage of HN's population doesn't live in the US, and many of those of us who do have other ways of keeping track of what's going on. Threads about DOGE on HN are not useful, they're almost always just flame wars. Those who feel enlightened by them can join the daily thread that inevitably pops up and leave the rest of us to talk about other things.
  - nuancebydefault 2y ago
    In fact there are much worse things going on in the world than the hollowing of US' institutions. Let's just root for those people in need.
    - cbracketdash 2y ago
      I apologize for my naïevty: I guess I live in a bubble
      - nuancebydefault 2y ago
        Don't think you are being naive, no apologies are needed. Still that whole situation puzzles me a lot. USA chooses. Clear outcomem, no surprises. Pro life, pro guns, anti immigrants, anti different, anti regulation. USA complains. What info am i missing...?

bloomingkales 2y ago

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bigstrat2003 2y ago

Agreed. People are unhealthily obsessed with DOGE here. And on top of that, basically every DOGE thread turns into a flame war. It's extremely deleterious for the site to have everything collapse into DOGE talk.

theshackleford 2y ago
If my countries institutions were being dismantled by chuds via dubious and unprecedented means I’d be pretty obsessed.
cma 2y ago
Thiel was part of ycombinator for a time, current head of yc worked for Palantir and has been working on DOGE-related Curtis Yarvin type stuff, so it is likely to come up here a lot.

tomrod 2y ago

It's timely, current, and surprisingly related. I see no issue here. See my sister comment as to why.

cbracketdash 2y ago

I agree its quite annoying. But it only comes up because of the massive change it will cause across the whole country and it's important to remain prepared for implications.

lolinder 2y ago
A large percentage of HN's population doesn't live in the US, and many of those of us who do have other ways of keeping track of what's going on. Threads about DOGE on HN are not useful, they're almost always just flame wars. Those who feel enlightened by them can join the daily thread that inevitably pops up and leave the rest of us to talk about other things.
- nuancebydefault 2y ago
  In fact there are much worse things going on in the world than the hollowing of US' institutions. Let's just root for those people in need.
  - cbracketdash 2y ago
    I apologize for my naïevty: I guess I live in a bubble
    - nuancebydefault 2y ago
      Don't think you are being naive, no apologies are needed. Still that whole situation puzzles me a lot. USA chooses. Clear outcomem, no surprises. Pro life, pro guns, anti immigrants, anti different, anti regulation. USA complains. What info am i missing...?