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Are COVID-19 posts being censored?

7 points by enchiridion ↗ HN
All of the coronavirus post are quickly moving off of the front page. Is this just down votes, or is there a site policy in play?

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electriclove
Overzealous mods?
enchiridion
Could be. Either way, I get the same feeling of paternalistic calming that's coming from most mass media.

Not something I would expect here. Let the information flow.

Generally, the people here seem resourceful. More information leads to better decisions.

electriclove
There is some excessive moderation taking place on reddit in regards to coronavirus discussion. I've been using Twitter and bno's site to stay abreast of things.
enchiridion
I don't know about the rest of reddit, but r/coronavirus seems pretty good.
electriclove
r/covid19, r/coronavirus, and r/china_flu are run by the same group and have varying levels of moderation.

r/wuhan_flu is uncensored but has been quarantined.

quietthrow
Mods??? Does HN have people moderating ?? I thought this was all driven by algorithms whose inputs came from people upvoting or down voting and people with lot of karma can in effect boost or bury posts. Genuinely curious here if there are moderators? And if so who is paying them ? How are the organized such that there is 24x7 moderation?
lucozade
> Does HN have people moderating ??

Yes

[dead] LifeLiverTransp
Dang they must be well hidden and sneaky. Like News-Ninjas in the night. Now one babbles, a silent woosh of air- and only crickets.
krapp
Stories likely to be covered by mainstream news are off topic per the guidelines, unless they present some new or interesting phenomenon (which this doesn't,) so the mods may be downranking them as low quality.