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I hope this one doesn't get ganged up on by the flagging brigade. Of late, anything even remotely political, esp if it's critical of Trump or Musk get flagged i

I hope this one doesn't get ganged up on by the flagging brigade. Of late, anything even remotely political, esp if it's critical of Trump or Musk get flagged immediately and swiftly moved off the front page. Regardless of of your political affiliation, this kind of behaviour is the very antithesis of the hacker culture this forum was built around.

outer_web 2y ago
One would hope the arrest of US citizens without a warrant or probable cause wouldn't be considered political. But here we are.
righthand 2y ago
I’m all for discussing this stuff but this forum is “hacker” in name only and that definition of “hacker” might be closer to lifestyle hacker than blackhat hacker. There was also no enshrining of beliefs that guarantee good discussion will save a thread in hacker culture. If anything this should be a sign that someone needs to start a political forum with Hacker News level rules and moderation.
- duxup 2y ago
  HN has never had a strict rule on what was acceptable that I remember. Name or otherwise. But it doesn't matter, even specific tech articles get flagged now.
ashoeafoot 2y ago
Moscowvites trying to subdue the intelligentsia before it can rebel and reconquer
jauntywundrkind 2y ago
Its so dismaying that there's seemingly no redress for this uncivil hostile information suppression campaign. Its so unhackerly to have a couple losers endlessly suppressing the (dark as fuck) story of our time like this. The "I don't want to see this on my feed" is such a rotten terrible lame excuse. Don't click in, then, snowflake! Your disinterest counting for infinity versus everyone else's interest is repugnantly anti-hacker to the core. The hacker spirit is curious, interested, and believes in sharing and finding out. These people are the foe. There needs to be some limit against this manipulation by those who would force us to Know Nothing.
- DougN7 2y ago
  This is exactly what you would expect if there was foreign meddling on HN. Has me wondering….
stubish 2y ago
Replace the front page with https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h or https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active, which both include flagged articles. HN is still quite useful for US news, despite all the people censoring with their flag veto when they disagree with upvotes.
- psadauskas 2y ago
  https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/ Doesn't disappear flagged articles, either.

outer_web 2y ago

One would hope the arrest of US citizens without a warrant or probable cause wouldn't be considered political. But here we are.

righthand 2y ago

I’m all for discussing this stuff but this forum is “hacker” in name only and that definition of “hacker” might be closer to lifestyle hacker than blackhat hacker. There was also no enshrining of beliefs that guarantee good discussion will save a thread in hacker culture. If anything this should be a sign that someone needs to start a political forum with Hacker News level rules and moderation.

duxup 2y ago
HN has never had a strict rule on what was acceptable that I remember. Name or otherwise. But it doesn't matter, even specific tech articles get flagged now.

ashoeafoot 2y ago

Moscowvites trying to subdue the intelligentsia before it can rebel and reconquer

jauntywundrkind 2y ago

Its so dismaying that there's seemingly no redress for this uncivil hostile information suppression campaign. Its so unhackerly to have a couple losers endlessly suppressing the (dark as fuck) story of our time like this. The "I don't want to see this on my feed" is such a rotten terrible lame excuse. Don't click in, then, snowflake! Your disinterest counting for infinity versus everyone else's interest is repugnantly anti-hacker to the core. The hacker spirit is curious, interested, and believes in sharing and finding out. These people are the foe. There needs to be some limit against this manipulation by those who would force us to Know Nothing.

DougN7 2y ago
This is exactly what you would expect if there was foreign meddling on HN. Has me wondering….

stubish 2y ago

Replace the front page with https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h or https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active, which both include flagged articles. HN is still quite useful for US news, despite all the people censoring with their flag veto when they disagree with upvotes.

psadauskas 2y ago
https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/ Doesn't disappear flagged articles, either.