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Why is this on Hacker News?

• xutopia 13y ago
  It's a bit off topic according to guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• fusiongyro 13y ago
  Makes no sense to me. The guidelines are clear: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon... If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." The NSA stuff seems to have given us a critical mass of political whiners. Can't wait to see a Show HN for "HN minus politics."
  • Apocryphon 13y ago
    The interesting new phenomenon is more and more hackers becoming aware of civil liberties issues.
    • fusiongyro 13y ago
      That was never something we were at a loss for. The new phenomenon is the systematic conversion of this technical forum into a political one. It's a shame that the process is irreversible.
      • Apocryphon 13y ago
        From what I hear, that's what happened to Slashdot.