I approve, politics tends to be US centric on HN and whilst I like to keep informed there are plenty of other dedicate sources for that sort of information. Also as this isn't a politics site inevitably the debate is a bit of an echo chamber.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
and that ignoring the "virus" or "symptoms" will make the adjustment that much more traumatic There are other sites to talk about politics on. Personally, I'm happy to come to HN to learn new things. Letting the community process the new inputs vigorously might seem more traumatic in the short term but it could also make us stronger overall. An extremely active 3000-day HN user with excellent technical contributions…
An extremely active 3000-day user with excellent technical contributions was recently banned due to politics. They were banned because of what they chose to write, it wasn't just because of a political discussion.
Yeah, I reworded it. Thanks for calling that out.
Re: Tell HN: Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week
#114It's worth noting that in order to flag a comment, you must click the permalink first. I've seen political stories flagged pretty quickly during normal HN usage, but rarely comment threads.
> It's worth nothing
This seems to be a typo, but I'm not positive, so I thought I'd mention it.
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#115Tribalism is so toxic. I'm all for this. But for flagging purposes what's the boundary between a political/non-political story? EDIT: @dang in another comment: Let me clarify. The main concern here is pure politics: the conflicts around party, ideology, nation, race, and religion that get people hot and turn into flamewars on the internet. We're not so concerned about stories on other things that happen to have polit…
> Tribalism is so toxic.
And yet isn't one solution to tribalism a respectful exchange of ideas and dialogue?
Political changes have many direct impacts on this community - net neutrality, education policy related to STEM, funding for organizations/government agencies that have a long history of supporting technology, legislation concerning the development of new technologies (particularly for the medical and energy sectors), employment legislation, patent laws, and many other topics are likely of interest to a large number of HN readers and contributors.
Personally, I don't come to HN looking for political discussion/commentary but I also don't mind seeing it when it's appropriate.
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#116Hey Dan,
This seems like a dramatically misguided attempt to rectify conversational tone.
You can't de-program or disregard people's politics, it's shot throughout everything. Politics frame the foundational approach to recommending policy, how we make decisions and the stories and topics we care about.
It's important to find common ground and ways to discuss topics in spite of politics, not deny the fact that politics pervades everything.
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#117> Those things are lost when political emotions seize control
> but it's insufficient to stop people from flaming each other when political conflicts activate the primitive brain.
Wait, is the entire premise behind this the idea that political differences can't be discussed in a respectful manner? History would disagree with you on this statement. People are capable of having political discussion without having a flame war, it happens all the time. You're taking the actions of a minority group and saying that because a few people are disrespectful we all have to bury our heads in the sand and avoid politics completely.
This is ridiculous.
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#118I like the experiment, even if I am not too fond of the idea. However it is 2016, so is there a procedure when politics becomes very clearly relevant in the coming week?
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#119It's worth noting that in order to flag a comment, you must click the permalink first. I've seen political stories flagged pretty quickly during normal HN usage, but rarely comment threads.
> It's worth nothing This seems to be a typo, but I'm not positive, so I thought I'd mention it.
Yes, it was a typo. Fixed.
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#120# white priveledge . # elitism . # every story has a political angle and or implication.