If you're looking to Hacker News comments for political insight like you hint at, you're expectations of the site are misaligned with what it's been established to be and what it's guidelines aim for. Seemingly, it's the same kind of misalignment that makes people loudly complain when political threads get flagged and killed.
This site is specifically a salon where a bunch of pseudonymous "too smart" nerds opine about topics that stimulate their curiosity, following guidelines on best-intent and good-faith that are essentially debate rules. Sometimes, amidst those discussions, you'll witness seemingly personal anecdotes or seemingly insider insights, which you should always be taking as a grain of salt, used only to drive (or repel) your own curiosity and desire for more discussion and debate.
It's not a great place for earnest politics, activism, or anything so serious and existential. And because it doesn't aim to be, it doesn't beg for disclosures like location. As long as you can "talk the talk" here, and follow the guidelines, you're welcome to participate in the discussion how you'd like, without being measured by your person, its history, or its geography. Its great to have a place like that online.
I've thought about making a forum where people can comment on threads from Reddit, HN, 4chan, etc... but I would have to reverse the moderation meaning a post is not visible until it has been reviewed and editing it would put it back into review state and nobody would like that.
The reason would be to have long running discussions which is the opposite of HN. Events evolve and so do discussions and details around them. Short lived threads also make it easier to memory-hole a topic.
>I understand your point, but sometimes the voluntary details are lies.
So?
Hacker News isn't a court of law, we're not under oath, nor are we here to adjudicate truth. People can lie here, and many probably do about numerous things.
Besides, the guidelines say you're always supposed to assume good faith anyway.
If you're looking to Hacker News comments for political insight like you hint at, you're expectations of the site are misaligned with what it's been established to be and what it's guidelines aim for. Seemingly, it's the same kind of misalignment that makes people loudly complain when political threads get flagged and killed.
This site is specifically a salon where a bunch of pseudonymous "too smart" nerds opine about topics that stimulate their curiosity, following guidelines on best-intent and good-faith that are essentially debate rules. Sometimes, amidst those discussions, you'll witness seemingly personal anecdotes or seemingly insider insights, which you should always be taking as a grain of salt, used only to drive (or repel) your own curiosity and desire for more discussion and debate.
It's not a great place for earnest politics, activism, or anything so serious and existential. And because it doesn't aim to be, it doesn't beg for disclosures like location. As long as you can "talk the talk" here, and follow the guidelines, you're welcome to participate in the discussion how you'd like, without being measured by your person, its history, or its geography. Its great to have a place like that online.
Someone should create a Hacker news for politics. Moderation would be hell though.
I've thought about making a forum where people can comment on threads from Reddit, HN, 4chan, etc... but I would have to reverse the moderation meaning a post is not visible until it has been reviewed and editing it would put it back into review state and nobody would like that.
The reason would be to have long running discussions which is the opposite of HN. Events evolve and so do discussions and details around them. Short lived threads also make it easier to memory-hole a topic.
Do you think the account origin country cannot be faked?
>I understand your point, but sometimes the voluntary details are lies.
So?
Hacker News isn't a court of law, we're not under oath, nor are we here to adjudicate truth. People can lie here, and many probably do about numerous things.
Besides, the guidelines say you're always supposed to assume good faith anyway.