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Ask PG: Why did you kill the N*S*A* stories on HN?

27 points by inzax ↗ HN
I tried to submit a NSA* story a couple days ago about how the N S A(1) is snooping on iPhone that directly related to the FSF article(2) today while connecting it to something I read on HN 2 years ago...(3). While it isn't startup news, it does directly show and relate to EFF that the iPhone can't be a trusted platform.

It seems that you directly removed the ability to add comments as well as see articles that are related to any N S A information. Why? Are you trying to control HN and dictate the direction?

(1) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/nsa-steve-jobs_n_3895375.html (2) https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-statement-on-new-iphone-models-from-apple (3) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13145562

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kbart
Hm, if it's for real, I would like to know the answer too.
xauronx
Hopefully because Hackernews was becoming NSANews.com. That shit was obnoxious. When 20 of the top 25 posts are about one topic you might as well open a new tab and do a search for that topic.
JonFish85
Exactly. Thank God. And it was getting hysterical (not in the funny way).
rayiner
I don't mind the NSA articles, since I can just skip them depending on my mood, but I was a bit miffed that the iPhone 5S thread was all about "zomg fingerprints!" Nobody wanted to talk about 64-bit A7, the uses of the fingerprint sensor, etc.
jemka
Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to info@ycombinator.com.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mark-r
He's not allowed to tell you.
hobs
pg is clearly in the pocket of the NSA and is trying to control the discussion.

LOL!

I see three articles on the first two pages that are related to the recent revelations about the NSA.

cliveowen
I did notice a sudden lack of NSA stories, I just thought the community came to its senses. Glad to know there's someone who cares about the quality of the site. I, for one, applaud the move.
kbart
I would say all these three stories are more Apple related which makes it even more strange.
tsbardella
I like NASA didnt they go to the moon?
miga
Because so many interesting things happened beside NSA stories? Or so I hope.
unimpressive
Probably because he felt it was turning into cryptome.org during the crypto wars. (Obsessive, posts anything related to the subject.)