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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by kelnos on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:04PM (#32881048)
Who is "they", though? Aside from the spam filters, posts largely make it to the front page (or not) due to community moderation. YC isn't the one making those endorsements, the moderating population of HN users as a whole are doing so.
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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by joshuamorton on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:34PM (#32881811)
The HN mods routinely give posts they feel are interesting a second chance [0], and posts deemed "controversial" via a combination of human and automated factors are deranked.

HN has more active, hands on moderation than most social media sites, and there's a stronger argument that dang "endorses" the front page of HN than that Steve Huffman "endorses" the front page of reddit.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23239449

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