Ask HN: Why was this post removed?

2 points by sleazy_b 7y ago ↗ HN

This post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17801395), linked to a book review in The New York Times, written by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. It seems like a fine thing to have posted here, yet it was removed. Any idea as to why?

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sleazy_b 7y ago ↗

Link to the Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/books/review/winners-take...

grawprog 7y ago ↗

Looks like it was flagged a bunch.

1337biz 7y ago ↗

No idea about that one but unless it is some break through idea I downvote / flag any political controversial topics. HN mods and users are doing so far an amazing job keeping this place free from toxic, ideological shouting matches.

Best example is your post - for me Stiglitz is a political hack whom I can't take serious, for you he did write something so substantial that you made a follow up post on your submission.

sleazy_b 7y ago ↗

Fair point. I thought it was super strange that a book review would get flagged but didn't consider the fact that it was controversial.

masonic 7y ago ↗

It looks perfectly visible to me, with neither "dead" nor "flagged" badging.