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Remember as you read more and more news like this that many of the owners of Y Combinator supported this.
by pachorizons 1y ago
Remember as you read more and more news like this that many of the owners of Y Combinator supported this.
- NelsonMinar 1y agoTheir silence now is cowardly.
- addandsubtract 1y agoIn before this thread is also flagged for being "political".
- Braxton1980 1y agoThere's a post that the FBI arrested a judge who helped an illegal immigrant avoid capture during a court proceeding. 900+ upvotes - it has nothing to do with tech - it's about a hot button political issue - it helps the Republican cause. Not flagged
- YZF 1y agoI'm just curious why you think it helps the Republican cause? When I saw this reported in the media my feel was this is something Democrats are going to latch on to demonstrate the government is seeking to intimidate the judicial branch. I guess it can have different interpretation. Either way I'd really prefer not to see this stuff on Hacker News. We have enough things that push people buttons in other places.
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y agoHN has degraded a little since I joined some years ago. It is still better than most of the online fora out there, but you can feel the change in the posts.
- Braxton1980 1y agoLet me help degrade it further by asking what the purpose of this comment is and then asking if outside changes, like Trump, would be a more likely explanation for the change in tone
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y agoThe purpose is the help understand current state of play. It used to be more purposeful, useful and meaningful for me to be here. If things will continue with its current trajectory, I will simply stop. I am not saying everyone will. We all have different lines after all. I am not sure what Trump has to do with this particular conversation though.
- Braxton1980 1y ago>I am not sure what Trump has to do with this particular conversation though. Your original comment was about the change in tone, I'm giving what I think is the main reason. He spews hateful rhetoric and insults people constantly. Tens of millions voted for him to represent them in the highest position in the world. >. It used to be more purposeful, useful and meaningful for me I think the articles where you'll find the highest percentage of comments you'd dislike are obvious. Just don't click on them. >The purpose is the help understand current state of play. This is improved if the information is accurate right? Calling out those that might be lying helps.
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y agoI thought about what you wrote. I think I agree and I accept your argument.
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- tomhow 1y agoThe only moderator action taken on this submission was to prevent it from being downweighted by community flags – 5 hours ago.
- zahlman 1y agoThe sheer amount of flagged and dead comments here - along with the vitriol I see in some responses to flagged comments that were not themselves flagged - makes me think this was a mistake.
- concordDance 1y agoThis entire thread is worthless social media junk food.
- hackyhacky 1y agoWho, specifically, are you referring to; and what have they done or said to make you believe that they support this?
- fzeroracer 1y agoWell, the good news is that there's a very convenient link at the bottom of the page here on HN for the AI startup school [1] which is host to a bunch of people that you should recognize. [1] https://events.ycombinator.com/ai-sus https://events.ycombinator.com/ai-sus
- hackyhacky 1y agoNot an answer to my question.
- intermerda 1y agoIt is actually, unless you are unable to parse information without being spoon fed to you.
- Spivak 1y agoWealthy people who could be coined liberal-tarians or just your average tech bro political grab bag largely backed Trump out of financial interest and who, imo, deluded themselves that the administration would be unsuccessful at "the bad stuff" much like his 2016 run. No amount of shouting from the rooftops that this time was actually different convinced anyone. I can't really blame us collectively, we resoundingly voted for this— it's as much of a mandate you're likely to ever get in the US and we're in the find out stage of fucking around. Looking back on old social media posts the theme is that everyone, supporters and not, were high on copium that Trump would do <list of things I like | aren't so bad> and the <list of truly terrible things> was just obviously crazy and wouldn't actually happen or were a joke.
- boxed 1y agoWho specifically was the question.
- tomhow 1y agoThe only YC figure who espouses any position on U.S. federal politics is Paul Graham, who loudly campaigns against the current administration almost every day on Twitter.
- frob 1y agoHi Tom. You're burning your credibility here fast as the new moderator. dang derived his respect as an admin from not getting into fights in the threads. It additonaly tarnishes your credibility as you're doing this in defense of your employer. You look like a rage-poster who has the same response copied and ready to go from thread to thread. Please take a moment to step back and examine if this is the image you want to be projecting as the official representative of YC and HN.
- 93po 1y agoAlternatively, hi tom, you're a human being with opinions and you're allowed to discuss whatever you like on this site just like anyone else. i think dang is successful at moderation in part because he does have a reputation and track record of being fair and unbiased in his moderation, and i do agree showing bias in conversations can make people question moderation decisions more, but i'm not sure tom is showing bias by including information relevant to people he knows, and i think he can both discuss however he likes while also being transparent and genuine in unbiased moderation tom has and does stay out of debates and in-depth conversations around HN related stuff. he's simply dropping some information in to dispel disinformation, which i think is reasonable
- samtheDamned 1y agoAdministration and participation in arguments or opinion based debates should not coincide. Using a personal account for personal issues instead of using an administrator is more respectable in my opinion.
- pvg 1y agoIt's been better for HN for the mods to treat the people they interact with as people and vice versa.