> The real question is: why is this on hacker news with 4 digits upvotes and why has Gaza been on Hacker News non-stop while there's been hardly any coverage of

> The real question is: why is this on hacker news with 4 digits upvotes and why has Gaza been on Hacker News non-stop while there's been hardly any coverage of the islamist republic of Iran slaughtering tens of thousands of unarmed civilians in a matter of days. 900 points, 800 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760329 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760329 400 points, 380 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761822 And some others: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=true&query=iran&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=tr... (And this one, at least, has the interesting little bit about echolocation from a cell phone video being used to verify events. I find that neat, technologically.)