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There might be a brief back & forth between users flag/vouch but yes, it seems to be getting shitcanned simply because it's about PG. With 22 upvotes currently,

There might be a brief back & forth between users flag/vouch but yes, it seems to be getting shitcanned simply because it's about PG. With 22 upvotes currently, I would hope @dang can keep it on the front page for a while.

ashtonkem 6y ago
Without taking sides on this, the rapid deletion and downvoting of this article is not a super great look for this community, even if it’s just a bunch of people who like PG and don’t like criticism of him.
- 4cao 6y ago
  It might have also had something to do with the fact that the subheading of that article was incendiary (literally).
  - whymauri 6y ago
    The subheading is really unfortunate. I don't always agree with pg, but I think Y Combinator is a great thing.
  - ashtonkem 6y ago
    Michael Church definitely has an axe to grind, and it’s certainly fair to complain about that. I personally think that he’d sway more people to his side of thinking with a less acerbic style, but that’s just me. The issue is that a polemic against PG gets downvoted and removed, but Taleb’s polemic against Nate Silver doesn’t. It certainly makes it look like the subject of a polemic is more important than the tone or content of the article being posted for very specific people.
  - gdix 6y ago
    It might also have to do with the fact that the author removed it from their own site and the link is now dead.
dang 6y ago
Users flagged it. Moderators didn't touch it or even see it. We sometimes turn off flags when an article contains significant new information and can support a substantive discussion in the community, but this was not that. HN hosts tons of discussion about PG, much of it negative, so that's not the issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 was just yesterday.
- shaggyfrog 6y ago
  This article has almost as many upvotes as that one you’ve linked to, so the criteria doesn’t seem to be very clear.
  - dang 6y ago
    Many more users flagged this one. It's that simple.

ashtonkem 6y ago

Without taking sides on this, the rapid deletion and downvoting of this article is not a super great look for this community, even if it’s just a bunch of people who like PG and don’t like criticism of him.

4cao 6y ago
It might have also had something to do with the fact that the subheading of that article was incendiary (literally).
- whymauri 6y ago
  The subheading is really unfortunate. I don't always agree with pg, but I think Y Combinator is a great thing.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  Michael Church definitely has an axe to grind, and it’s certainly fair to complain about that. I personally think that he’d sway more people to his side of thinking with a less acerbic style, but that’s just me. The issue is that a polemic against PG gets downvoted and removed, but Taleb’s polemic against Nate Silver doesn’t. It certainly makes it look like the subject of a polemic is more important than the tone or content of the article being posted for very specific people.
- gdix 6y ago
  It might also have to do with the fact that the author removed it from their own site and the link is now dead.

dang 6y ago

Users flagged it. Moderators didn't touch it or even see it. We sometimes turn off flags when an article contains significant new information and can support a substantive discussion in the community, but this was not that. HN hosts tons of discussion about PG, much of it negative, so that's not the issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25325716 was just yesterday.

shaggyfrog 6y ago
This article has almost as many upvotes as that one you’ve linked to, so the criteria doesn’t seem to be very clear.
- dang 6y ago
  Many more users flagged this one. It's that simple.