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@dang I don’t know if this is a bug… but how is this not on the front pages? (I checked 2. 74 upvotes / 34 comments 2h old) This is the type of thing that I so
by zug_zug 10mo ago
@dang I don’t know if this is a bug… but how is this not on the front pages? (I checked 2. 74 upvotes / 34 comments 2h old)
This is the type of thing that I sort of rely on HN to inform me about. Then other articles are seemingly killed as dupe which I guess would make sense if the original was visible.
- fzeroracer 10mo agoFrom my understanding of how HN works, it's because the post has been flagged multiple times (to the point of being flag-killed and revived at least twice) so I believe controversial posts are automatically kept off the front page until a moderator steps in.
- Tadpole9181 10mo agoDon't worry, I'm sure the flagged tag will appear any second and kill the thread. The "real" homepage of HN is now /active. The rest is effectively censored to support the techbro worldview. This will not be fixed.
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- mickle00 10mo agoagreed. its a shame this atrocity isnt on the front page for awareness
- Hikikomori 10mo agoPlenty of people on HN, in ycombinator leadership, tech execs in general, that maybe like one thing they're doing and wants to turn a blind eye to the fascism.
- baubino 10mo agoI had to do a search to find this thread. It’s crazy that this isn’t higher up.
- doubletwoyou 10mo agoSame, I just had to learn it from somewhere else to find it here.
- awnird 10mo ago[flagged]
- potsandpans 10mo agoCareful, you'll get brigaded and then the mods will gaslight you
- blibble 10mo agothose with absolutely no ethics I suppose look at IBM in the 1930s/40s as a prime example of how to make bank out of this sort of situation
- culi 10mo agoCould you expand on what you're saying or link to relevant readings?
- GuinansEyebrows 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_World_War_II
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- anigbrowl 10mo agoI don't know that pg is involved with HN on a daily basis any more, but he's been publicly condemning this and arguing with people who support the ICE agent.
- awnird 10mo agoGarry Tan is the owner of this site, and is a vocal fascist.
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- square_usual 10mo agoThere's stories right now on the front page that have fewer upvotes and were posted before this one. At this point, it is getting increasingly harder to argue that HN isn't completely biased.
- dr3dpir8 10mo agoBiased by thin-skinned low-skilled first worlders who bristle at having to be an adult. To dang and the SV/VC world, everything should work like it does in Mr Rogers ... they can stare at their computer and live in the land of the make believe it affords them. GenX and Millennials are just as ignorant and self-absorbed as Boomers. America is a shit hole country of adults with the emotions of middle schoolers.
- layer8 10mo ago1) Use https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active, where demotions aren’t applied (at least that’s my understanding). The submission is currently on the front page there. 2) For contacting dang, email hn@ycombinator.com. “@dang” doesn’t do anything.
- mickle00 10mo agothank you for this -- was not aware, just updated my bookmarks to /active
- belorn 10mo agoMy interpretation of /active is that it is a strict activity based feed where the number of comments in recent time determine the position. The front page uses upvotes, flags, comment to upvote ratio, flame war detection and likely more stuff to determine the algorithmic position. Looking at /active I can also see articles listed high with very small number of upvotes but with high number of comments.
- yongjik 10mo ago> This is the type of thing that I sort of rely on HN to inform me about. Umm... flagging issue aside, this story is currently at the top of CNN, NBC, ABC, BBC, and Google News, as I just checked. What part of information do we rely on HN regarding this story?
- Marsymars 10mo agoI can't speak for the person you're replying to, but I don't follow any of CNN/NBC/ABC/BBC/Google News/etc. I have some RSS feeds and email newsletters, but they only cover science/tech/health stuff. I basically rely on HN as a filter so that I do catch a handful of non-tech things.
- TheAlchemist 10mo agoBecause news shouldn't be what is on the front page on HN, and I generally agree. However, we're not living in normal times. US is speed running the book to become a dictatorship, or probably worse. And it's in no small part thanks to the tech community, which HN is all about. Recent story about how Grok is used to produce naked pictures of any women or girl, including young kids, was killed very quickly on HN. I feel like a lot of people working in tech should take a good look in the mirror.
- nyantaro1 10mo agoThis is very relevant. A bunch of tech workers in the US are legal immigrants that, but for the safety that their visa provides, would be hunted by this inhuman organization. Edited for clarity
- computerthings 10mo ago[dead]
- gorgoiler 10mo agoMy advice would be to not worry too much about it. I found this thread through the search tool and was glad to find it at around about the 200/200 point/comment mark. Despite not being on the front page it is still starting to get polluted with flagged comments. I’d liken it to going to a hacker conference and wanting to talk to like minded people about 3D printing something controversial, like a gun barrel or a knife. It’s interesting as a topic and worthy of technical and moral exploration but putting it on stage as a keynote talk would risk attracting all the wrong attention.