It's not a dumb rule, you can go to reddit or facebook or a dozen other places if you want to read endless low-effort, kneejerk commentary by people spouting their side's talking points.
You're doing politics right now in your attempt to shut down political discussion you don't like.
It is supremely naive to think you can excise political discussion, and if you're wondering why people are so upset at techies these days, this is a hint at the reason. Techies are people who think they can just say "no politics" and they did something good or got rid of politics.
It kinda does. Not completely, but close enough that it leads to certain people complaining about the wrong things being on their hacker news.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
I also think it's a dumb rule.
I think it's a dumb rule only because it doesn't actually forbid anything but people think that it does.
It's not a dumb rule, you can go to reddit or facebook or a dozen other places if you want to read endless low-effort, kneejerk commentary by people spouting their side's talking points.
You're doing politics right now in your attempt to shut down political discussion you don't like.
It is supremely naive to think you can excise political discussion, and if you're wondering why people are so upset at techies these days, this is a hint at the reason. Techies are people who think they can just say "no politics" and they did something good or got rid of politics.
> It's not a dumb rule
Your opinion.
> endless low-effort, kneejerk commentary by people spouting their side's talking points.
Straw man. And also a low-effort, kneejerk comment spouting your side's talking point. I see a lot of irony there.
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