Does the first HN guideline still apply? There has been a significant increase in political submissions (not about some new phenomenon): "Off-Topic: Most stori

Does the first HN guideline still apply? There has been a significant increase in political submissions (not about some new phenomenon): "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It is possible to click "flag" on them, but I try to only flag things that are blatant; this seems more like naivete.