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Re:Did Elon Musk Appear to Sieg Heil at Trump Inauguration? by verdverm on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:09PM (#42773677)
This story is all over the internet. HN is not sticking our heads in the sand, we're deciding we want one place where we don't have to talk about
Re:Did Elon Musk Appear to Sieg Heil at Trump Inauguration? by zfg on Monday January 20, 2025 @07:18PM (#42774776)
If Hacker News is about the tech industry then that also means looking unflinchingly at the negative aspects and outcomes of the tech industry.

Hacker News is precisely the place where it has to be talked about.

Re:Did Elon Musk Appear to Sieg Heil at Trump Inauguration? by computerthings on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:28PM (#42773847)
You don't have to talk about anything, just because others talk about it. Someone is deciding that nobody should talk about it.

When Meta changed their terms, it was a BIG topic. When TechCorp releases anything, it will be covered in alllll the tech publications, and so many of them have comment sections, social media presences, the works. But it turns out people want to discuss the same issues also in this circle.

And with this topic, social media manipulation, wanting to decide what people see and what they don't, is intrinsically woven in (via Musk and X directly, and Musk's role in an administration that seems to play janky games with TikTok we probably should pay attention to, too). How can we, with good conscience, have articles talking about how we should make the world more accessible and diverse on one hand, and then enforcing silence when a tech bro mogul throws a Hitler salute... just because others, the non-techies, are already talking about it, too?

Re:Did Elon Musk Appear to Sieg Heil at Trump Inauguration? by ks1723 on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:59PM (#42774159)
100% this!