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Hacker News is actively censoring links to Arrington story.
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#13Is gawker.com on the list of banned domains?
I think so. I've had a deadspin story I submitted disappear, even though it was on-topic. (It was a story about satellite feeds glitching under certain conditions.)
Not all gawker-related domains are banned. There was a frontpage story from i09 a couple days ago:
https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=io...
And Kotaku is still allowed as well: it was the top story (regarding LucasArts shutdown) a couple days ago:
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#14Betabeat is the only other news site that has covered it, and it's mostly covered it by recapping Gawker's reporting. Someone submitted a link to a BetaBeat before but it was flagged off: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5492145 Most controversies related to personal conflicts and allegations are usually flagged, not just in this particular case (many of the Adria Richards-related submissions, for example). I wou…
And the whole "donglegate" story didn't go against that same stance?
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#16Is gawker.com on the list of banned domains?
Yes, I can confirm this. I just tried submitting a link and it died.
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#17I'm fairly sure Gawker.com links are auto-killed. That's the issue here, that no one other than Gawker is covering the story.
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#18i find it interesting that some users on here think stories are being censored; it happens about once or twice a month.
why?
i believe paul graham and any moderators know full well the damaging effects censorship has on a community. why do some of you guys or gals constantly think there is some conspiracy?
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#19Good. I'd pay money for these types of story to be actively censored.
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#20The less Silicon Valley e-drama on HN the better.