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Because a lot of HN users secretly agree with this stuff and don't want it discussed.

• mandmandam 1y ago
  Garry Tan and Paul Graham both post praise of the DOGE team on their Twitter pages. Maybe the problem extends above users. I keep a list of recent falsely flagged HN stories in my favorites. There's a pretty clear theme there.
  • yellowapple 1y ago
    > I keep a list of recent falsely flagged HN stories in my favorites. Great idea; I'm gonna start doing the same.
    • AlecSchueler 1y ago
      The question at this point is when do we pivot away to an alternative where these topics aren't covered up? Maybe even hosted in Europe.
      • LexiMax 1y ago
        Tildes has replaced HN and Reddit as the site I default to for news aggregation. I do feel like it is a bit light on the technology/programming front, otherwise it has a well-rounded mix of interesting topics. I feel like its decisions to not have a downvote button, as well as only allowing sign-ups through limited invites from other existing users, were smart ones.
        • krapp 1y ago
          Mastodon is also good, depending on how well you curate.
          • reticulan 1y ago
            Lemmy uses the same underlying protocol but is closer to hn in form
      • yellowapple 1y ago
        There's https://frontpage.fyi/ https://frontpage.fyi/, which is built on ATProto (same as Bluesky). Doesn't seem to have a whole lot of activity yet, though.
  • ggregoire 1y ago
    > I keep a list of recent falsely flagged HN stories in my favorites. Someone should make an alternative HN frontpage listing only the flagged discussions, ordered by upvotes/comments.
    • LexiMax 1y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active lists all stories, including flagged stories.