Lots of people don't want politics on HN unless it's directly about technology regulation (and probably not even then). They will flag any political story that comes up.
Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?
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Re: Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?
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Half the articles about Japanese culture are "off topic" yet rocket to the front page without issue. i.e, on or off topic hasn't been the deciding factor on that for some time now. Pretty sure the rules even state that it's about "what people find interesting".
Japanese culture is objectively more interesting than the politics of other people.
I think the politics of the USA becoming so entangled with the tech scene to be quite interesting, it's definitely not a phenomenon I expected to see given the ethos of the industry when I started my career in the early 2000s.
Seeing the support from the previous SV "rebels" for the demolition of US's institutions is interesting.
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#13I see a similar theme with most techbros or rich VC groups. They say they dont like politics but they move fast to influence policy by buying influence. See what's happening with Trump and the tech companies.
What tech connected leaders really hate is the plebs being informed and having an opinion on policy. I see the same thing with the All-In podcast. All round glee on that podcast with things that negatively impact the working classes.
Billionaires are for billionaires while controlling the media.
Re: Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Japanese culture is objectively more interesting than the politics of other people.
I think the politics of the USA becoming so entangled with the tech scene to be quite interesting, it's definitely not a phenomenon I expected to see given the ethos of the industry when I started my career in the early 2000s. Seeing the support from the previous SV "rebels" for the demolition of US's institutions is interesting.
You’ve put your finger right on the issue.
A lot of people in tech today think politics is something “other” to tech. It’s the same kind of “we just make the thing, how it’s used, by whom, for what, and why is someone else’s problem” that pervades the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. With today’s technology industry, thinking like that is naive at best.
The worst of the worst tech bros and their earlier investors (like Marc A) created and have tried hard to spread that idea around. The goal is to keep politics out of the tech workforce so that they can meddle in politics without fighting multiple fronts.
You’re not supposed to say that though, for that’s saying the quiet part out loud. The sad thing is how many people buy it hook line and sinker.
Which isn’t to say you’re somehow wrong for wanting a safe space away from political discourse. It’s important not to forget how empowering silence and ignorance are to causes that typically undermine the rights of the populace.
Re: Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?
#15We don’t come to HN for politics or religion. It just causes polarization.
It’s part of what makes HN great.
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#16I see a similar theme with most techbros or rich VC groups. They say they dont like politics but they move fast to influence policy by buying influence. See what's happening with Trump and the tech companies. What tech connected leaders really hate is the plebs being informed and having an opinion on policy. I see the same thing with the All-In podcast. All round glee on that podcast with things that negatively impac…
Its really interesting how this stories about "getting somehow richt with a startup" seems to be more portrayed on social media than on classic media?
I guess this is because on classic media, you have limited slots for sending - on social media, everybody can broadcast (youtubes slogan was "broadcast yourself", IIRC, for a long time?)
This allows those shows to be produced at nearly minimum costs - and since this is content is viewed by a lot of people, the creators see that "inviting the next rich guy" drives traffic & clicks, Id say?
Re: Why were all stories about the '60 minutes' leak removed from HN?
#17We don’t come to HN for politics or religion. It just causes polarization. It’s part of what makes HN great.
That's fine IF tech stays out of politics, but that's not the case anymore. US tech bros are buying themselves policy with this administration.
If tech is influencing politics and consequently, all of us, why should there be an asymmetry when the tech plebs want to talk politics?
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#18This is a pretty important story historically speaking. It's the most public incident of state censorship in America in generations. (All the other examples I can think of are from wartime.)
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#20Wait, there are mods?