News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”. Parent comment

Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by verisimilitudes on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:26AM (#21189646)
Surely you see the irony in defending the Chinese government in a discussion about how the Chinese government routinely censors businesses and individuals. Does Ycombinator have any important Chinese business interests?

That isn't bullying and surely you can see how it would be alarming to see you jump to defense in this way, threatening to ban a user over that benign and relevant comment, including criticizing everyone who has supported that user.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by milankragujevic on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:32AM (#21189672)
Not wanting to take ANY sides in this discussion, but:

> Does Ycombinator have any important Chinese business interests? Yes, https://blog.ycombinator.com/category/china/

That does not constitute as proof of moderator's bias, though.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by dang on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:03AM (#21189861)
I haven't defended the Chinese government.

YC was doing something in China for a while but I have no idea how important it was. Knowledge about it hasn't trickled into our corner. HN commenters seem to know more about it than we do.

It's worth remembering that HN has editorial independence within YC: https://venturebeat.com/2015/09/29/y-combinator-spins-out-ha...

[ Parent | on HN ]