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Tell HN: Use news.ycombinator.com/active

40 points by lysace ↗ HN
news.ycombinator.com/news (the default redirect from the root) is being subjected to user-triggered censorship. There is a lot that these days.

Here's how I trained my desktop browser (Chrome) to visit the /active URL when when I type "ne<RET">

1. Type "news.ycombinator.com/active" into the Chrome combo box and hit return.

2. Type "ne" into the Chrome combo box.

3. In the list of completions, click on the cross/delete icon to the right for the first few that aren't what you want.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you get the desired result.

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jgrahamc
What "user-triggered censorship" are you talking about?
lysace
...And it's flagged, by maybe 2 people, and therefore censored.
sudobash1
I think RSS feed reader users are also unaffected by flags. At least hnrss.org feed followers are. I haven't tried news.ycombinator.com/rss. But as long as the post hits the RSS feed before it is flagged, your reader can pick it up.

Honestly, for me, most of the time I am not interested in the flagged posts, but if you are, RSS is another way to see them.

duxup
Active is by far the best way to read HN.