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1009 points n1b0m | 7 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.891s | source | bottom
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JeremyNT ◴[19 Mar 25 13:14 UTC] No.43411489[source]▶
Flagged, of course, to death.

This is an important story of US decline. This woman was here to do business. To work with Americans.

If you're flagging this because you're a part of the tech right, who thinks these policies are somehow good for you, maybe hold off on that flag button and let the discussion play out here. Think about what happens if people from the rest of the world are terrified of working within this country.

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1. greatpatton ◴[19 Mar 25 13:20 UTC] No.43411580[source]▶
I think I will just skip HN in the future. The number of relevant post to tech and business in the US now that are getting flagged is becoming ridiculous.
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2. mdp2021 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:25 UTC] No.43411647[source]▶
Let me offer my approval (over the argument, not necessarily about the conclusion). It is not just about assessing reality, but _there is_ a large and greatly important component of, simply, assessing reality!
3. mandmandam ◴[19 Mar 25 13:28 UTC] No.43411676[source]▶
It is ridiculous, extremely so. It's also bizarre, disturbing, and honestly kind of demeaning. Not to mention dangerous, for the tech community and many more.

And it is very likely being condoned right from the top. Garry Tan is a big DOGE fan on Twitter, as is PG.

4. f38zf5vdt ◴[19 Mar 25 13:54 UTC] No.43412038[source]▶
There's always https://news.ycombinator.com/active

It's embarrassing that to get to the content that technofascists don't want you to see, you need to visit a secret URL.

5. ethbr1 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:56 UTC] No.43412081[source]▶
I know it supposedly doesn't work, but @dang : brigade flagging (and user-based unflagging/vouching of submissions) really needs to be looked at, in light of the current political reality.

There's a substantive article here, and a substantive discussion, and it's user shadow-banned off HN because someone didn't like the political tilt.

HN is going to start shedding exactly the sort of quality users that make it great if this isn't addressed at scale.

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6. adamc ◴[19 Mar 25 14:19 UTC] No.43412361[source]▶
Yes. Maybe PG doesn't care.
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7. skyyler ◴[19 Mar 25 14:35 UTC] No.43412570{3}[source]▶
does pg even think about this place these days?