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Oh, I found /active just recently. And turned out many, if not most, interesting topics are censored. While some mediocre and irrelevant things are not. However

by wltr 1y ago

Oh, I found /active just recently. And turned out many, if not most, interesting topics are censored. While some mediocre and irrelevant things are not. However, I’m not surprised, being a long time visitor, and seeing very dang questionable moderation practices.

leereeves 1y ago
It wouldn't matter if it were flagged or not. It would be removed from the front page because HN downranks posts with a lot of comments. HN is designed to hide political discussions. If it weren't, the front page would be nothing but political discussions.
- insane_dreamer 1y ago
  > HN is designed to hide political discussions. unless they're PG political posts, ahem
  - trymas 1y ago
    > … posts … They are called “essays”. /s
demarq 1y ago
Woah! I’m genuinely shocked. It has changed what I think of this website.
- rsynnott 1y ago
  HN user-driven moderation, as far as I can see, basically assumes good intent. This is, ah, naive; totally failed system. It's rather easy for any motivated group to censor anything.