What I and others are saying is that you can't be "intellectually curious" and dismiss large areas of conversation at the same time. It doesn't matter that it's "just a week" since it's not the experiment that we are…
If HN is serious about its "Political Detox Week" (which included topics like nation and ideology) stories like this can't be allowed. This is literally about on nation competing with another by the means of government…
> Politics is tribal, so we're talking about something that profoundly undercuts thoughtfulness. Politics isn't always tribal and many people on HN are capable on thoughtful arguments on politics. HN suffers from the…
It's not impossible to say "this is a technology site, here we discuss technology" which would make it much less arbitrary which things are politics and not. You might not want to do that, but it's certainly not…
The fear is mixing the x and y axis of opinions. Most people can probably see why something like party, ideology or nation can be damaging. Not talking about those things generally doesn't prevent people from having a…
If I recall correctly you've previously requested feedback on were they line is between moderation and censorship. I think this is the line. At least I define censorship as when certain things cannot be expressed…
What I and others are saying is that you can't be "intellectually curious" and dismiss large areas of conversation at the same time. It doesn't matter that it's "just a week" since it's not the experiment that we are…
If HN is serious about its "Political Detox Week" (which included topics like nation and ideology) stories like this can't be allowed. This is literally about on nation competing with another by the means of government…
> Politics is tribal, so we're talking about something that profoundly undercuts thoughtfulness. Politics isn't always tribal and many people on HN are capable on thoughtful arguments on politics. HN suffers from the…
It's not impossible to say "this is a technology site, here we discuss technology" which would make it much less arbitrary which things are politics and not. You might not want to do that, but it's certainly not…
The fear is mixing the x and y axis of opinions. Most people can probably see why something like party, ideology or nation can be damaging. Not talking about those things generally doesn't prevent people from having a…
If I recall correctly you've previously requested feedback on were they line is between moderation and censorship. I think this is the line. At least I define censorship as when certain things cannot be expressed…