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So, this made the first page even with the word 'NSA' in it. Let's see what happens when it reaches 40 comments.

• alan_cx 13y ago
  Well, it didnt take too long. Interesting that now "controversial" means "popular".
  • sentenza 13y ago
    I find it funny that the comment police seems to think the NSA scandal is over, when it is in fact very much alive and kicking over here in Europe. Mainstream press is reporting and new things come to light every day. On top of that, the scandal is completely devouring any trust people had in US cloud companies.
    • 1337biz 13y ago
      I suspect that the comment was more a critique on hn ranking algorithm. NSA seems one of the headline trigger words that makes a story decay a lot faster than other stories.
      • digitalengineer 13y ago
        Correct, this was the first story to pop up after the hn ranking algorithm article yesterday.
    • Zigurd 13y ago
      > I find it funny that the comment police seems to think the NSA scandal is over It's pretty obnoxious that a scandal that is projected to cost the US tech industry $180 billion by 2016 is treated this way on HN. The NSA poisoned the tech well in America, and it could mean the end of telecom infrastructure companies in the US and it could prevent the overseas expansion of telecom service providers.