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Leaked data reveals Israeli govt campaign to remove pro-Palestine posts on Meta

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1210 points jbegley | 4 comments | 11 Apr 25 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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plsbenice34 ◴[11 Apr 25 18:34 UTC] No.43656921[source]▶
Why is the word Israeli removed from the title? and Meta added? Seems like quite a politically-important modification
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dang ◴[11 Apr 25 18:35 UTC] No.43656931[source]▶
Edit: ok you guys, all your responses have convinced me that I misread the room, and I'm going to reverse the title edit now.

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I did those title edits to (marginally) reduce the flamebait effect of the title, in keeping with standard moderation practice (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). Titles have by far the biggest impact on discussion quality, so this is a big deal. Especially when the topic is divisive.

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1. alistairSH ◴[11 Apr 25 18:42 UTC] No.43657022[source]▶
The entire endeavor was orchestrated by Israel - that’s kinda the point here. Meta didn’t act on its own, as the edited title would imply.
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2. dang ◴[11 Apr 25 18:57 UTC] No.43657217[source]▶
I know, but for HN purposes, the point I made about titles is the higher-order bit.

Threads like this, at best, waver on the edge of a hell pit. If it plummets in, the discussion won't stay on HN's front page anyhow. Title de-baiting is a way to support having a discussion that doesn't completely suck, to the extent that this is doable.

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3. bawolff ◴[11 Apr 25 20:16 UTC] No.43658068[source]▶
Its meta's website. Its entirely in their control as to how they respond to a takedown request.
4. jiggawatts ◴[12 Apr 25 22:01 UTC] No.43668246[source]▶
Thank you for your efforts to preserve the qualities of one of the few bastions of organic discussion on the Internet.