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Why I’m quitting Hacker News

61 points edgefield | 1 comments | 04 Jun 23 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

I just shared a post about the world’s oceans setting record temperatures for 80 continuous days. After the post achieved 130+ upvotes and the top spot within several hours, it was nuked. My experience is that every post on Hacker News addressing climate change is removed or downvoted to oblivion. I don’t want to be part of a community that turns away from probably the most important threat facing humanity in the 21st century. Goodbye and farewell!
1. joshuanapoli ◴[04 Jun 23 19:01 UTC] No.36188437[source]▶
There are a good number of posts about climate change and technologies that are relevant to reducing it on HN. I don’t know the details of your post, but it seems possible to have exposure on the topic of warm oceans here. Staying visible on HN is a bit random, since it depends on how other people comment on your post versus how they upvote it.