The general consensus is that political posts are not viable on this site. I interpret that anecdotally from the fact that any post involving anything politically adjacent, including posts about technology related to a person in the political sphere, are quickly flagged. The discussions that happen prior to being flagged are largely charged, talking past each other, regurgitating points and fallacious.
From what I’ve seen the recommendation is to go to sites like https://www.themotte.org/ to have these discussions.
"A dedicated hacker news of politics site is long overdue. Civil discussions, amazing moderation, and the intelligent insight of experts to hash out complex issues. I’d be on it and participating nearly all day long."
I for one come here to get a pause on reading U.S. based political news (and celebrities, and any type of sports).
The top comment on "Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42981756 is by a moderator after many DOGE stories were flagged on the same day.
"Hacker News seems one of the best places to discuss politically-influenced news..."
Because it is relatively uncorrupted by political discussions...
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
You can get a bunch of recent and more detailed mod commentary on how it works in practice here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43272671
The general consensus is that political posts are not viable on this site. I interpret that anecdotally from the fact that any post involving anything politically adjacent, including posts about technology related to a person in the political sphere, are quickly flagged. The discussions that happen prior to being flagged are largely charged, talking past each other, regurgitating points and fallacious.
From what I’ve seen the recommendation is to go to sites like https://www.themotte.org/ to have these discussions.
@reseasonable commented (elsewhere)
"A dedicated hacker news of politics site is long overdue. Civil discussions, amazing moderation, and the intelligent insight of experts to hash out complex issues. I’d be on it and participating nearly all day long."
I for one come here to get a pause on reading U.S. based political news (and celebrities, and any type of sports).
The top comment on "Teen on Musk's DOGE team graduated from 'The Com'" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42981756 is by a moderator after many DOGE stories were flagged on the same day.
For the love of everything that is good, please keep the politics out of this place! You can discuss it literally anywhere else, why polluting HN?