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This isn't about politics in the sense of it being a debate about policy. This is a funny example of technological misuse exposing a government for rigging an e
by dsrguru 13y ago
This isn't about politics in the sense of it being a debate about policy. This is a funny example of technological misuse exposing a government for rigging an election. Technology and freedom tend to be two of HNers biggest interests, and being interesting to a lot of HNers is the criterion for what's on topic here. If you personally aren't interested in current events, as with any other topics technical or not, you don't have to read those articles.
- coherentpony 13y agoYet I can't help but feel that if there were no technological element to this story, it would still be posted here.
- tptacek 13y agoMaybe, but I feel pretty comfortable in my role of "official deputy HN no-politics scold" (reporting to 'davidw), and I'm the one who posted this.
- dragonwriter 13y agoPerhaps, but I'm not sure how your feeling about what would have been posted in counterfactual circumstances justifies your complaint about what has been posted in the actual circumstances. I mean, now it sounds like you aren't complaining about what actually was posted being off-topic, but about something that you imagine might have been off-topic which would have been posted had it occurred.