Re:Ask HN: Why are all non-English submissions flagged?
by eesmith on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:07AM
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> Western media
Your definition of "Western media" appears broad enough that it includes HN itself, as a US-based organization with US-based moderators.
As such, no matter what changes HN staff might make make, it would still be part of the Western media feeding us.
Of the 120 or so Google Translate links submitted in the last 1.5 years, only 5 appear to have a non-Western focus: 4 about China, and 1 on Japan. Many more were about Germany.
(Note: I stopped at 1.5 years because the [dead] links disappear beyond then. I am assuming they were removed from the database.)
By comparison, English language submissions from non-Western media doesn't appear to have the same high dead rate as non-English/Google Translate links.
Your definition of "Western media" appears broad enough that it includes HN itself, as a US-based organization with US-based moderators.
As such, no matter what changes HN staff might make make, it would still be part of the Western media feeding us.
Of the 120 or so Google Translate links submitted in the last 1.5 years, only 5 appear to have a non-Western focus: 4 about China, and 1 on Japan. Many more were about Germany.
(Note: I stopped at 1.5 years because the [dead] links disappear beyond then. I am assuming they were removed from the database.)
By comparison, English language submissions from non-Western media doesn't appear to have the same high dead rate as non-English/Google Translate links.
Examples (enable showdead to verify):
The Hindu - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=thehindu.com
Times of India - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=indiatimes.com
Al Jazeera - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=aljazeera.com
Korea Times - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=koreatimes.co.kr
Korea Herald - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=koreaherald.com
iAfrikan - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=iafrikan.com
Therefore I don't think the issue is "links to non-Western media are flagged and killed."