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The Website Hacker News Is Afraid to Discuss

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479 points jgruber | 1 comments | 27 Mar 25 00:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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TechRemarker ◴[27 Mar 25 00:33 UTC] No.43489148[source]▶
Would love to hear from HN on why such an otherwise incredible popular site is so often blacklisted or censored vs what is allowed. Why not let users vote instead like other news? Or if truly not being censored bring receipts on what’s happening?
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throwaway_0501 ◴[27 Mar 25 00:43 UTC] No.43489212[source]▶
It's not being blacklisted or censored (see other comment with link to submissions).

My suspicion: it's not relevant to the HN audience. DF is opinion pieces (mostly) about Apple. While I'm sure many DF readers use some Apple device(s), I suspect many (most?) DF readers do not care about "inside baseball"[0] for Apple.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_baseball_(metaphor)

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jgruber ◴[27 Mar 25 02:24 UTC] No.43489803[source]▶
How then do you explain DF being #3 from 2007-2021 and #72 from 2021-2025?
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1. runjake ◴[27 Mar 25 02:33 UTC] No.43489848[source]▶
Don’t ask them. The only one who can give you a sure answer is @dang .

My guess is that HN users flag the hell out of DF submissions for whatever reason, and that causes the so-called graylisting. But again only @dang can give you a straight answer.

If you prefer email, Dan can be reached at hn@ycombinator.com. He seems like a friendly guy.