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The biggest example of this is on military stuff. You can literally post northrup grumman placed articles from military trade journals fawning over some new wea
by giraffe_lady 9mo ago
The biggest example of this is on military stuff. You can literally post northrup grumman placed articles from military trade journals fawning over some new weapon system and that's fine, that's technology. But any comment about the applications of that technology, who it will be used on, by whom, for whose benefit, with what consequences, all of that is off limits. That's political.
I fully understand that this is a legitimate preference of a lot of people. But it is revolting.
- tastyface 9mo agoDifferent caliber, but same thing happens with Grok. New Grok release? Fun, exciting, let’s all talk about it. Well-researched articles describing Grok’s alignment with far-right/white supremacist politics and clear evidence of Musk’s thumb on the scale? Nothing to see here, flag flag flag. Oh look, it’s Grokipedia! Surely this will be a font of well-sourced information! Sigh.
- giraffe_lady 9mo agoSomething I've been trying to work out the last couple years is how much is this a nazi site now, that we are reputation laundering by continuing to participate here in good faith. These moderation policies may not have been intended to create this outcome but they have, and they are not being changed in light of that.
- 306bobby 9mo agoYou must also understand this is hacker news, not politics news. Sure, this may be a comfortable area for many users and one of the only forum/news sites they browse, but nonetheless it's not a politics site. I, for one, would rather not see politics on this site. If I want to partake in that discussion, I'll go elsewhere to a place more "built" for it
- afavour 9mo agoBut the definition of what counts as "politics" is entirely arbitrary. A thread complaining about, say, homeless people in SF will remain just fine. We'd all be better off with meaningful guidelines.
- giraffe_lady 9mo agoI think my last paragraph addressed your position already?
- insane_dreamer 9mo agoin some cases you can't disentangle the two