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Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
"new Hacker News rules" I think this should read: current weeklong experimental policy on Hacker News. I also don't feel like this list of books justifies getting flagged, even during this reprieve from political discussion. If loads of comments start flaming, maybe then. But right now it is just a list of suggested books to read.
- religion (Going Clear, Zealot, Finding God in the Waves)
- war and oppressive policy (War in a Time of Peace, Silence Once Begun)
- conservative lifestyle (Strangers in Their Own Land, Hillbilly Elegy)
The first two are explicitly prohibited topics of discussion on this site, and the third is implicitly discouraged.
In light of HN's (edit: temporary) ban on political content, I find it interesting that so many of YC's favorite books relate to: - religion (Going Clear, Zealot, Finding God in the Waves) - war and oppressive policy (War in a Time of Peace, Silence Once Begun) - conservative lifestyle (Strangers in Their Own Land, Hillbilly Elegy) The first two are explicitly prohibited topics of discussion on this site, and the thi…
Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
"new Hacker News rules" I think this should read: current weeklong experimental policy on Hacker News. I also don't feel like this list of books justifies getting flagged, even during this reprieve from political discussion. If loads of comments start flaming, maybe then. But right now it is just a list of suggested books to read.
Flagged, as there is clearly political content here that doesn't comport with new Hacker News rules.
> If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Does that not violate the temporary ban on "the conflicts around party, ideology, nation, race, gender, class, and religion that get people hot and turn into flamewars on the internet"?
I'm sure it's an interesting book, and I'm all for people reading it, but is that really the sort of thing we should be discussing this week? Next week would be totally fine.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"new Hacker News rules" I think this should read: current weeklong experimental policy on Hacker News. I also don't feel like this list of books justifies getting flagged, even during this reprieve from political discussion. If loads of comments start flaming, maybe then. But right now it is just a list of suggested books to read.
It's a slippery slope. If we censor articles indiscriminately, what's the point of censoring them at all?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"new Hacker News rules" I think this should read: current weeklong experimental policy on Hacker News. I also don't feel like this list of books justifies getting flagged, even during this reprieve from political discussion. If loads of comments start flaming, maybe then. But right now it is just a list of suggested books to read.
That's specifically counter to the rules, though: it's a detox. We're supposed to get better as a community by avoiding these topics entirely . Flaming was already against the rules, and low-contribution (though non-flaming) comments were already subject to downvote.
In light of HN's (edit: temporary) ban on political content, I find it interesting that so many of YC's favorite books relate to: - religion (Going Clear, Zealot, Finding God in the Waves) - war and oppressive policy (War in a Time of Peace, Silence Once Begun) - conservative lifestyle (Strangers in Their Own Land, Hillbilly Elegy) The first two are explicitly prohibited topics of discussion on this site, and the thi…
Please don't forget to mention this is just for one week. The intention is not "ban political content". It's to take a one-week breather from political stories that tend to result in flamewars.