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Does anyone know why the MH17 story was kept off HN yesterday? I kept seeing it appear in new and then on the front page and then it would vanish. I guess admi

by robhu 12y ago

Does anyone know why the MH17 story was kept off HN yesterday? I kept seeing it appear in new and then on the front page and then it would vanish. I guess admins were deleting it? Is there a policy reason why it isn't something 'good hackers would find interesting' ?

waps 12y ago
A lot of dupes were removed, but not the original discussion : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8048083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8048083 (doesn't have a reference to MH17, no idea where B772 comes from)
- danieldk 12y ago
  But it was heavily flagged. After an hour, it was at a far lower position than other stories with a fraction of the votes of the same age (e.g. the Nimrod link).
davidw 12y ago
Because of the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." For me, the "interesting" thing means a deeper knowledge of some facet of the world, not shallow reporting of breaking news.
- robhu 12y ago
  IIRC when the other Malaysian Airlines plane went missing that went up on HN, and that was before all the 'hacker friendly' tracking technique stories.
  - davidw 12y ago
    People are unfortunately probably going to post stuff like this, guidelines or not. It gets flagged and or moderated down pretty quickly in most cases, though.
    - danieldk 12y ago
      Why unfortunately? In such cases, HN usually provides a lot of insightful technical comments. If a mainstream news item considers technology or failures thereof, I don't see why it doesn't belong on HN.
      - robhu 12y ago
        This article has been knocked off the front page again :( The prior article was also administratively removed from the front page, even though it had a really high score https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8049813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8049813
  - snowwrestler 12y ago
    A modern airliner (seemingly) disappearing without a trace is interesting, even from a technology perspective. A modern airliner getting shot down by a SAM is fairly boring from a tech perspective. Sadly it's not even a particularly unique occurence over the past few decades.
- dustcoin 12y ago
  I actually enjoy HN's more intelligent commentary, technical expertise, and fact checking on huge mainstream news stories.

by robhu 12y ago

waps 12y ago

A lot of dupes were removed, but not the original discussion : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8048083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8048083 (doesn't have a reference to MH17, no idea where B772 comes from)

danieldk 12y ago
But it was heavily flagged. After an hour, it was at a far lower position than other stories with a fraction of the votes of the same age (e.g. the Nimrod link).

davidw 12y ago

Because of the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." For me, the "interesting" thing means a deeper knowledge of some facet of the world, not shallow reporting of breaking news.

robhu 12y ago
IIRC when the other Malaysian Airlines plane went missing that went up on HN, and that was before all the 'hacker friendly' tracking technique stories.
- davidw 12y ago
  People are unfortunately probably going to post stuff like this, guidelines or not. It gets flagged and or moderated down pretty quickly in most cases, though.
  - danieldk 12y ago
    Why unfortunately? In such cases, HN usually provides a lot of insightful technical comments. If a mainstream news item considers technology or failures thereof, I don't see why it doesn't belong on HN.
    - robhu 12y ago
      This article has been knocked off the front page again :( The prior article was also administratively removed from the front page, even though it had a really high score https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8049813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8049813
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  A modern airliner (seemingly) disappearing without a trace is interesting, even from a technology perspective. A modern airliner getting shot down by a SAM is fairly boring from a tech perspective. Sadly it's not even a particularly unique occurence over the past few decades.
dustcoin 12y ago
I actually enjoy HN's more intelligent commentary, technical expertise, and fact checking on huge mainstream news stories.