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Re:Former F.B.I. Director Named Special Counsel for Russia I... by ReligiousFlames on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @08:13PM (#14363936)
Maybe there needs to be a separate political HN site with the same login so people whom want to engage can do so and others can opt-out? Say: https://political.news.ycombinator.com

Also, any stories deemed mostly political can just be moved there instead of being censored/shutdown with flagged and reserve flagged for truly nonstories and spam.

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Re:Former F.B.I. Director Named Special Counsel for Russia I... by mstank on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @10:12PM (#14364390)
Heavy moderation is key, whether by the mods or community. Having a whole political channel to moderate isn't worth the resources for YC.

It's an opportunity a startup. Think of what Quora did to Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers. A startup that can deliver a higher-level of discussion but for politics and current events.

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Re:Former F.B.I. Director Named Special Counsel for Russia I... by pvg on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @09:53PM (#14364323)
These stories (current news-of-the-day stories) have been offtopic pretty much forever so it's hard to see how they are being 'censored'.
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