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I have downvoted anything remotely political on hn ever since I got my downvote button, even (especially) if I agree with it. I always appreciated that being an
by dec0dedab0de 10mo ago
I have downvoted anything remotely political on hn ever since I got my downvote button, even (especially) if I agree with it. I always appreciated that being anti-political was the general vibe here.
- slg 10mo agoHow do you define “political” and what about the story of an AI posting CSAM do you think qualifies?
- dec0dedab0de 10mo agoThe part where you brought up politics is when I noticed it was political. But I generally consider something political if it involves politicians, or anyone being upset about anything someone else is doing, or any topic that they could mention on normal news. I prefer hn to be full of positive things that normal people don't understand or care about.
- immibis 10mo agoThere's almost no such thing as a non-political thing. Maybe the sky colour, except that other cultures (especially in the past) have different green/blue boundaries and some may say it's green. Maybe the natural numbers (but whether they start from 0 or 1 is political) or the primes (but whether 1 is prime is political).
- dec0dedab0de 10mo agohow insightful
- rsynnott 10mo agoWhat's political here? The mere fact of the involvement of Dear Leader? (As a long-term Musk-sceptic, I can confirm that Musk-critical content tended to get insta-flagged even years before he was explicitly involved in politics.)
- dec0dedab0de 10mo agoThe comment I replied to brought up politics.