Thanks. As an example, as I mentioned above, stories about Gina Haspel were unceremoniously dumped directly from the front page while under active discussion, at least three times in a single day.
Any conversations here about mass surveillance, Snowden, Assange etc are chock full of misinformation and smears. Those comments are rarely removed, so I don't buy the 'that story doesn't fit in HN's remit' narrative.
My major gripe is more general though: How can we call ourselves a community of hackers and entrepreneurs if there is no space whatsoever for critiquing the forum itself?
There is currently absolutely no accountability here whatsoever. If this community were healthy I don't think it would be tolerated - instead people don't even see the problem.
I'd also use the search function to see if said thread still exists. I haven't seen much straight up disappear, but stuff can travel to the hundreds in ranking surprisingly quickly as the overall conversation on evolves.
Is there any more detail you'd like to offer on the specific instances of material you feel are being unfairly buried and any guidance you may have received as to why they may have been? Generally there is at least a guideline violation or two that can be worked around.
Also, as always, remember the audience and platform are not ever guaranteed to be receptive to what you feel is important. That's an occupational hazard of the of information transmission, and the challenge to be overcome to get your message out there.
Failing any satisfying resolution, just keep at it! They can't stop the Signal, and given enough time, enough other people will pick it up to make sure it bubbles up somewhere. Just maybe not today.
Anyway... No matter what direction things go in, we're all still watching.