1mo ago

Orange site censoring posts left and right as US descends further into fascism

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The tech bro hive mind on HN is furiously flagging (i.e., voting into invisibility) any submissions dealing with Tesla, Elon Musk or the kafkaesque US immigration detention situation. Add "/active" to the URL to see.

The site's moderator says it's fine because users are "tired of the repetition". Repetition of what exactly? Attempts to get through the censorship wall?

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Funny, I'm tired of my civil rights being violated, but I guess the people who don't give a fuck being tired of hearing about it is more important.

YC is trash and an absolute waste of resources.

"high-indignation, high-intensity hot topics [...] intensely held, pre-existing positions" "not a curious conversation"
Yeah to hell with this guy. Calling this a "hot topic" and "not a curious conversation" as if it were in the same realm as tan suits and cybertrucks is a huge disservice, especially given how complicit Silicon Valley has been in all this.
I don't know if y'all have seen the video the US government put out showing off their extrajudicial human rights abuses, but seriously consider skipping it. It's dark dark Nazi shit. The most disturbing thing I've seen in my life and I wish I hadn't seen it.
- OK hate reading this thread now:
  
  The incuriosity, not just in how things are, but also in how things could be changed, and even if things are really necessary.
  Just 'regels zijn regels' shit. (Sorry living in .nl is great, it just has a few big flaws. Like people shouting 'regels zijn regels', who never apply those rules to themselves as well (it also amuses me a bit that this will look a bit like german so it looks like I'm doing a Godwin to people just glancing over my post)).

Instead of the homepage, I now just browse lists > active and "flagged" now means "interesting for you!"
Thanks. Great hint!
This is how I use HN now. I don't bother with the censored front page anymore.
Ditto