Two dead after YouTube conspiracy video claims drinking bleach cures autism

Re:Two dead after YouTube conspiracy video claims drinking b... by fzeroracer on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @04:46PM (#19974797)

Is there a reason why this was flagged?

I'm a bit incredulous here, because topics discussing how YouTube censors people (even tangentially) can spark a massive discussion which isn't flagged and buried, but ones about the harms of some conspiracies spread on YouTube seem to be buried immediately.

If HN wants to really be a site that advocates for intellectual curiosity and sunlight being the best disinfectant, then harmful and anti-scientific beliefs should be exposed, discussed and challenged.

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Re:Two dead after YouTube conspiracy video claims drinking b... by dang on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @01:14PM (#19983234)

Users flagged it, no doubt because it doesn't gratify intellectual curiosity, which makes it off topic for HN. See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Battling "harmful and anti-scientific beliefs" may be an important thing to do, but it isn't about curiosity, and frankly it brings out shallow comments and ugly sentiments in internet forums.

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Re:Two dead after YouTube conspiracy video claims drinking b... by dragontamer on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:08PM (#19975065)

I also am very curious why this topic was flagged.

I don't see anything particularly off topic here, or obviously wrong.

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