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446 points tonmoy | 1 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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fullshark ◴[24 Aug 23 17:06 UTC] No.37251533[source]▶
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics

I'd welcome a firmer hand on eliminating these submissions.

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robmccoll ◴[24 Aug 23 17:24 UTC] No.37251843[source]▶
I'd like clarification of whether politics is meant to cover matters of policy or strictly partisan politics and news about the lives of political figures. Surely regulatory policy with regards to technology, communications infrastructure, and similar is of interest.
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jl6 ◴[24 Aug 23 18:25 UTC] No.37252704[source]▶
It may not be a useful distinction, when what we really want is to exclude based on “propensity for useless flamewar”.
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mulmen ◴[24 Aug 23 19:28 UTC] No.37253466[source]▶
And even more specifically we want to optimize for intellectually interesting conversation.
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1. mistermann ◴[25 Aug 23 15:11 UTC] No.37262608[source]▶
A problem: this is a function of culture, which tends to be invisible during object level discussions, especially when people disagree. It's like The Water for fish.

Another problem: subjective matters often appear objective during disagreements, and people tend not to be interested in this important distinction at these points in time (whereas in abstract threads like this those skills remain intact).

Another problem: relative categorization, ie: "HN moderation is great [compared to other sites]" that I suspect is not realized as such, and again: during disagreement, this perspective tends to be "not appreciated", "JAQing off", <your culturally infused meme of choice>.