Comment by Aurornis

A lot of HN users flag any stories about politics.

Given the low quality of a lot of comments under this story and the hyperbolic fighting going on, I don’t exactly blame them. Stories like this are very important and interesting but 75% of the comment section is a dumpster fire.

Comment sections that attract certain comment and downvote patterns can trigger the flame war filter which drops their rank.

It’s not a moderator coming in and hiding things. It’s the users flagging it and/or triggering the flame war filter.

Even with that, there are anti-ICE stories all over the front page every day.