[jibbit]

i was just reading the very active comments on a post about climate change, and it just.. disapeared. Is HN hostile to climate change posts?

[verdverm]

No, but HN is hostile to degenerating arguments in the comment system. In other words, it's not always the story that is the reason for flagging

The recent uptick in flagging is inline with the increased political based argumentation that comes with Don Old being the figurehead of the US govt, happened 8 years ago too

[jibbit]

so in practice climate change is de-facto off limits