The only relevant technical discussion in the whole thread got downvoted to the bottom, and the top comment is poorly reasoned and arguably factually incorrect but on the "correct" political side. This is typical on politically charged topics. Is there anything HN can do to reduce the impact of politically motivated voting? The discouragement of posting politics in the guidelines doesn't seem to be enough anymore.
The only relevant technical discussion in the whole thread got downvoted to the bottom, and the top comment is poorly reasoned and arguably factually incorrect but on the "correct" political side. This is typical on politically charged topics. Is there anything HN can do to reduce the impact of politically motivated voting? The discouragement of posting politics in the guidelines doesn't seem to be enough anymore.