> There is no blanket ban on politics
Nor did I claim there was. My point is simply that there is a very obvious pattern to what passes this subjective "gratifies intellectual curiosity" test among those with the ability to flag posts from the front page.
Case in point, this thread is now being visibly flagged off the homepage:
"ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods"
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543420
It's inarguably tech-relevant and for the intellectually curious. And yet...
Yeah, flagging needs to be limited in a major way. As things stand it's used as a tool to arbitrarily silence certain discussions.
Use https://news.ycombinator.com/active