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I don't think "appetite to discuss" should be a justification to override the guidelines against political submissions and discussion. There is far too much pol
by modeless 3mo ago
I don't think "appetite to discuss" should be a justification to override the guidelines against political submissions and discussion. There is far too much politics on HN and it leaks into unrelated discussions too. There are plenty of other places to discuss politics on the internet.
- dang 3mo agoThe guidelines say that most political articles are offtopic. Most != all. The question is what should be in the setdiff of all - most. About that, there are lots of past explanations: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... Edit: more at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48724830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48724830 in this thread
- modeless 3mo agoI'm aware of what you've said about this in the past. I'm expressing my disagreement. HN would be improved dramatically by a significant change in where this line is drawn.
- MichaelZuo 3mo agoHow would you draw the line? A 100% airtight filter against political articles seems unrealistic to maintain. Since “political” is itself not fully settled.