That list would be even less interesting than the flagged off topic politics posts that people are so desperate to contend are on topic because everything is political.
Or would it show group A complains about some political posts, while that same group doesn't complain about other political posts?
There's already a predictable trend in political posts that do and do not get flagged, clear even without this feature addition.
Such a feature would either make the trend even more obvious, and/or perhaps encourage self reflection so as to not commit the sin of making contradictions in public.
The only thing desperate is people plugging their ears and lalala-ing “HN is not for politics.”
The tech talk here is embarrassingly shallow. Depth is now the rare exception. If I want deep dives, I’ll go see about some crabs. This place now exists to launder the tech worldview, and that’s an inherently political act. Pretending it isn’t doing that is political too.
Like most folks here nowadays, I primarily come for the politics. The difference is I’m not lying to myself about my posture.
I still primarily come for the tech/hacker vibe, but also understand and accept that continually hitting snooze on important political items will threaten my future ability to enjoy the former.
I also respect the fact that this is run by an SV incubator and everything that entails. Out of all the discussion platforms, this one is still the most sane, for now. Moderation is a thankless job, and they do a pretty good job with that around here compared to all of the alternatives.
> The only thing desperate is people plugging their ears and lalala-ing “HN is not for politics.”
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
swed420|1 month ago
There's already a predictable trend in political posts that do and do not get flagged, clear even without this feature addition.
Such a feature would either make the trend even more obvious, and/or perhaps encourage self reflection so as to not commit the sin of making contradictions in public.
soganess|1 month ago
The tech talk here is embarrassingly shallow. Depth is now the rare exception. If I want deep dives, I’ll go see about some crabs. This place now exists to launder the tech worldview, and that’s an inherently political act. Pretending it isn’t doing that is political too.
Like most folks here nowadays, I primarily come for the politics. The difference is I’m not lying to myself about my posture.
swed420|1 month ago
I also respect the fact that this is run by an SV incubator and everything that entails. Out of all the discussion platforms, this one is still the most sane, for now. Moderation is a thankless job, and they do a pretty good job with that around here compared to all of the alternatives.
zahlman|1 month ago
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.