Re:Ask HN: Why does HN censor content?
by detaro on Sunday July 02, 2017 @09:48AM
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For a link aggregator, where people discuss the content of links, of course it matters if people can actually read the content of the submission! The mods previously have stated that easy workarounds like google search are tolerated, but that fails with WSJ and I know that not all users agree on that.
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I agree with you in principle, but in practice you'd need to exclude all the major outlets. That's a pretty big hole in media coverage.
In either case, flagging the post with a reason would be an educational benefit to the poster and the readers.
> I agree with you in principle, but in practice you'd need to exclude all the major outlets. That's a pretty big hole in media coverage.
WSJ is (as far as I know) the only major one that doesn't meet the "easy to circumvent" rule. And the "major outlets" predominantly post general news, which is less relevant to HN.