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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by stonogo on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:02PM (#19714219)
That's a weird take, since huge sections of the report deal with Wikileaks, email server administration, and social media manipulation.
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by ufmace on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:37PM (#19714432)
Do you think a thread like the one linked above would have a rational discussion of those tech-related topics that are kind of connected, or rapidly devolve into a OrangeManGood/OrangeManBad flamewar and moderation nightmare?
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by techntoke on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:53PM (#19714512)
I recall seeing probably 3 to 5 frontpage stories on Assange after his arrest and Wikileaks, but then the report that specifically talks about him and Wikileaks isn't allowed? Weird!
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by AlexCoventry on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:53AM (#19716835)
OTOH, this thread is also a shitshow by HN's explicit standards.
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by techntoke on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:48PM (#19714478)
Agreed, you have a great point. However, most of the content on Hacker News is controlled by a small group of people who have specific agendas. I wish they would be fair like you mention, but you have to be part of that small group.
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by JasonGenova25 on Sunday April 21, 2019 @06:45PM (#19715048)
could you elaborate? I have heard of these invite-only HN groups, but I have a hard time believing people would care so much about some online forum.
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by techntoke on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:20AM (#19717345)
After being here long enough, you'll just notice that certain companies and agendas get pushed pretty hard, when in reality they are using a lot of accounts to manipulate the discussion and emotion once you start looking at the comment history. It is no different than Reddit or Twitter.
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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by nercht12 on Sunday April 21, 2019 @08:28PM (#19715458)
It's a POPULAR online forum, which is why people care. If tomorrow no one gave a crap about HN but HN mods still wanted people, they'd have to welcome more discussion like all the other nobody forums.
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