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You're right; the guideline to not submit most stories about politics was not present from the beginning, but rather newly added in May 02008: https://web.archi

by kragen 2y ago

You're right; the guideline to not submit most stories about politics was not present from the beginning, but rather newly added in May 02008: https://web.archive.org/web/20080527112502/http://ycombinator.com:80/newsguidelines.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080527112502/http://ycombinato... But that greatly predates the changes in moderation strategies or hiring dang and sctb. Surely the understanding of the site's social dynamics has evolved over time, though, and so the reasons for the same guideline are different now.

sillyfluke 2y ago
>But that greatly predates the changes in moderation strategies or hiring dang dang explicitly states they do it differently than pg it: when a thread turns into a political flamewar, we moderate it more than pg used to. There were many past submissions that neither users nor moderators would allow today [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869
- kragen 2y ago
  Thank you!