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It's not any political story -- the site is definitely biased against certain kinds of political stories. People voraciously upvote and argue about California
by Teever 2y ago
It's not any political story -- the site is definitely biased against certain kinds of political stories.
People voraciously upvote and argue about California zoning laws or San Francisco drug policy here and the moderation staff encourages this. Or AI policies from the US federal government or the DMA from the EU. Or the SLS rocket.
'political' is just used as a euphemism for 'taboo' and there are many unspoken taboos about what is talked and not talked about here.
- graeme 2y agoI think the most likely case is users are less likely to flag those stories. Or, they're less likely to generate discussion that causes those stories to get flagged.
- Teever 2y agoWhen I use the term 'the site' I mean both the owners, moderators and users as a collective whole. There's a sort of unspoken symbiosis going on between the users who consistently flag certain kinds of stories for ideological purposes and the owners/moderators who are content to let them do that.