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

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1210 points jbegley | 3 comments | 11 Apr 25 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 3.506s | 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. instagib ◴[11 Apr 25 19:40 UTC] No.43657674[source]▶
At this point, is it feasible to implement user-submitted or generated tags for submissions that can subsequently be concealed?

Our focus is shifting towards the news aspect rather than the hacking aspect, which is the primary reason for my presence here.

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2. dang ◴[11 Apr 25 19:47 UTC] No.43657735[source]▶
There are fluctuations, such as a swing towards current affairs stories during turbulent times, but the basic mix has been stable for years and the baseline isn't likely to change. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 for how far back this question goes...

Not that it helps, necessarily, but the people who have the opposite preference to yours are complaining loudly about how much they feel the current affairs stories are being suppressed on HN.

Re tags: I've always resisted the idea of adding it to the core HN site, but I do think we can do more to support alternate front-ends to HN. With any luck, we can publish the next version of the API this year, which should make that a lot easier.

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3. instagib ◴[11 Apr 25 21:14 UTC] No.43658676[source]▶
Least favorite anecdote: Reddit. After an introduction, a friend said, “Why are you on the front page like a new person?” I am auto-subscribed to the front page content channels when I want to be in my subscriptions. However, I miss relevant content because others overwhelm the front pages.

I appreciate your response and the work you continue on the front ends. I obtain political news content from other sources, so my cumulative content feed contains a significant amount of duplicate content.