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Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

plessthanpt05 wrote: post #5
detaro wrote: post #4

> 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Trump saying him and Melania testing positive for the Coronavirus four weeks out from the presidential election is huge news. This story is not about politics (i.e. about a political issue), it is about a political/world leader and his wife. Edit: So "TV news" covering the newest iPhone release would probably be off-topic too then based on this reasoning, but this seems to reliably hit the front page of HN everytime…

> "it is about a political/world leader and his wife"

Boris Johnson's bout with COVID-19 didn't make the HN front page despite being headline news elsewhere. Why would this be different?

Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Post by SilasX »

detaro wrote: post #4

> 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yeah, but doesn't the HN community make exceptions for political events of extreme importance, like e.g. election results?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201

Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Post by justinzollars »

detaro wrote: post #33
justinzollars wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an abuse of flagging. The biggest story in the world. We can't even talk about it as a community.

In case you didn't see, there is an open thread, its just not on the frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24659207

It was flagged as well.

Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Post by znpy »

ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #41
plessthanpt05 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump saying him and Melania testing positive for the Coronavirus four weeks out from the presidential election is huge news. This story is not about politics (i.e. about a political issue), it is about a political/world leader and his wife. Edit: So "TV news" covering the newest iPhone release would probably be off-topic too then based on this reasoning, but this seems to reliably hit the front page of HN everytime…

> " it is about a political/world leader and his wife " Boris Johnson's bout with COVID-19 didn't make the HN front page despite being headline news elsewhere. Why would this be different?

Nobody cares about Boris Johnson.

Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

#46

Post by justinzollars »

kart23 wrote: post #23
justinzollars wrote: post #9

Does anyone see the bot attack on Trumps Twitter account? That is interesting. They are posting Satanist images with captions in the Aramaic language. If you work at Twitter you might want to get to work and stop this state sanctioned attack on his account.

Did you get a screenshot? This sounds really weird and I'm curious.

Here it is: https://twitter.com/tsukkiskys/status/1288333947047469056?re...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akzx7g/trump-covid-coronavir...

Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

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Post by [deleted] »

troydavis wrote: post #40
3131s wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You will see how much longer your bubble will last if the next few months play out wrong.

I'd appreciate if you could skim https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . The things that let HN work at this scale are "Be kind. Don't be snarky." and "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." While it's always possible that HN, or some HN readers, or just yours truly are in a bubble, it's not a good-fait…

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Re: Ask HN: How is Trump testing positive for Coronavirus not on the frontpage?

#48

Post by belorn »

bdcravens wrote: post #16
detaro wrote: post #4

> 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. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Articles about Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, or Chelsea Manning would also be subject to those rules.

A common issue often discussed in those articles is the lack of coverage from news organization like those working for TV news.
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