From the Hacker News guidelines⁽¹⁾ (emphasis mine): Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of so

From the Hacker News guidelines⁽¹⁾ (emphasis mine): Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. You should not be surprised when "mainstream" stories are flagged. Folks come to Hacker News for stuff they won't hear about on TV. ⁽¹⁾ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html