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A comment on Ask HN: Why is HN predominated by pro-ChineseCommunistParty people?. Parent comment
According to that data, it started in August, which is also when people started to notice: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20599249
(Edit: just noticed you were in that thread. I think it was the first; at least I can't find any others with this search: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... )
The block doesn't seem to be absolute, as some of GreatFire's servers still occasionally get through. Based on previous experience, I guess it's location-dependent, but can't say for sure.
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According to that data, it started in August, which is also when people started to notice: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20599249
(Edit: just noticed you were in that thread. I think it was the first; at least I can't find any others with this search: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... )
The block doesn't seem to be absolute, as some of GreatFire's servers still occasionally get through. Based on previous experience, I guess it's location-dependent, but can't say for sure.