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Re:Hacker News Guidelines by ksec on Saturday April 23, 2022 @02:50AM (#31132014)
>over the last couple of years

It stated in ~2015.

I used think politics in itself should be avoided, unless it is related to Tech. So the best place to start would be to flag any submission that has nothing to do with Tech.

We cant avoid politics that has to do with Tech though, App Store guidelines and regulation, Social Media and Internet, China and Russia usage of Tech.

Re:Hacker News Guidelines by simonh on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:24AM (#31132170)
>We cant avoid politics that has to do with Tech though, App Store guidelines and regulation, Social Media and Internet, China and Russia usage of Tech.

That's everything then. Tech platforms have become the primary channels for the discussion of everything, particularly politics, which makes all political issues tech issues.

Re:Hacker News Guidelines by xigoi on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:59AM (#31132556)
This is like saying that you need your body to talk about politics, which makes all political issues anatomical issues.
Re:Hacker News Guidelines by twoodfin on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:31AM (#31133326)
I’d argue it really started when Edward Snowden was on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic. HN was wall-to-wall with updates and rumors that, frankly, were not particularly interesting, informative or thought-provoking. But the ideological valence of the story was clearly more important.

We got a mini version of this more recently in the Net Neutrality wars.

It’s funny how both of those stories turned out in the long run.