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Why are threads on the hostage situation in Sydney, Australia being flagkilled?
Similar events are not subjected to this sort of blanket blackout. I don't understand why they are being flagged.
- greenyoda 12y agoFrom the HN Guidelines page: 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.[1] Terrorists taking hostages aren't an interesting new phenomenon. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html