Comment by Glyptodon
1 day ago
It really bothers me that there are a bunch of goons who flag every single story about the stuff Trump and Musk are up to. Really makes you realize that a solid chunk of HN or even HN itself aren't on the up and up.
1 day ago
It really bothers me that there are a bunch of goons who flag every single story about the stuff Trump and Musk are up to. Really makes you realize that a solid chunk of HN or even HN itself aren't on the up and up.
It’s the year 2032, free speech is now only allowed on Twitter. Any speech criticizing Trump is automatically flagged and your personal details used to automatically fire you from your job, executed by the new “efficiency heads” installed into each board of private companies. People are always fired for “efficiency and performance” reasons. The people feel the cold grip around their neck removing their ability to scream. Most people have fallen in line, out of fear of being labeled a terrorist and getting your life ruined.
As I write this with a humorous cautionary intention, I’ve made myself worried by how plausible this scenario sounds.
> Any speech criticizing Trump
You mean any wrong thoughts detected by the DOGE-issued mandatory Neuralink.
Be aware that a large number of comments on these articles are also flagged and not visible.
You can turn on showdead in your profile if you’d like to see them.
Thanks. That is actually very helpful.
EDIT: I am aware of content that was removed from this page, but I cannot see it with this setting.
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Yeah, pretty shocking. Not sure what intellectual gymnastics you have to do to defend Trump/Musk's actions -- either you've drunk the Kool Aid, are cashing in on the scam, or don't care as you already have yours.
Having said that, one group that are happy with Trump are the crypto bros, because the SEC just dropped its lawsuit against Coinbase as a result of their support for Trump's re-election.
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I thought you guys were for free speech
>but I have no hidden agenda
I guess that's true as you openly admit to flagging everything that mentions trump or doge even if it's irrefutably tech related.
OOP said "It really bothers me that there are a bunch of goons who flag every single story about the stuff Trump and Musk are up to" and you took personal offence
Calling you, someone who by their own admission, flags every single article mentioning trump or doge (even things that belong on HN) a "goon" is way too kind on my opinion. You support the censorship of HN-relevant news on HN. It's disgusting.
>one-sided propaganda stories
What about this article was "one-sided propaganda"?
>as evidenced by your insults to half of U.S. voters
When did OOP do this?
I believe your attitude and willingness to try and hide any articles you don't want propagated (ones that irrefutably belong on HN) is vile and malicious and you probably shouldn't be allowed to flag posts anymore.
QED
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Very happy with the people doing that, keeps the place sane. If you want a dozen daily hysterical takes on the latest thing that Trump&co did, go on r/politics. I have no interest in seeing any of that here.
Considering that the most upvoted and active posts are related to DOGE, it appears that your interests are not aligned with the interests of many others on the site.
I don't want to hear about Trump all day either. I'd rather just hear about tech and science. But what's happening is having a huge impact on tech and science. If it weren't for Musk and DOGE these posts wouldn't even be here, so you can blame them.
> it appears that your interests are not aligned with the interests of many others on the site.
You cannot see all the comments left here. So you don’t know what’s being said, as a whole.
Everyone is concerned about quality, but I don’t think what you’re describing is characteristic of a curious community.
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> Very happy with the people doing that, keeps the place sane. If you want a dozen daily hysterical takes on the latest thing that Trump&co did, go on r/politics. I have no interest in seeing any of that here.
The fact that you are reading and posting in this thread suggests otherwise, my friend. If you truly had no interest, you wouldn’t read or post in threads about Musk and Trump.
You realize that you're pushing a narrative just as much? Sticking your fingers in your ears and going "la la la" isn't the "neutral position".
I do not claim to have a neutral position, I vote in every election, especially on the local level, where I actually express my non-neutral position.
It is also essentially impossible not to hear about the major things happening in the country, so staying informed is not much of an issue these days.
On the other hand driving yourself mad by doomscrolling and liking dozens and dozens of random posts about some random crap someone did that day does no good for anybody.
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