News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough?. Parent comment

Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by deveac on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @04:47PM (#6369969)
>If the subject is not technical, it should be removed/flagged.

Incorrect. See the HN FAQ. Political discussions are allowed (saying only that most are discouraged implies that certain ones are. If there ever was one, this is it).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by diminoten on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @04:48PM (#6369983)
It's not incorrect that I feel that way about this specific story, which is the question being asked.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by deveac on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @04:56PM (#6370049)
Of course you can feel any way you wish, but please realize that per the first line of the HN FAQ, this is on topic, and your assertion that valid topics you don't wish to see should be flagged is an abuse of the feature and rules of the site.

I hope you can see the distinction.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by DanBC on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @05:42PM (#6370320)
> but please realize that per the first line of the HN FAQ, this is on topic

Hang on - there's a big difference between saying "not all political stories are off topic" and saying "this political topic is on-topic".

Many of the NSA submissions are clearly off topic and have no purpose for HN.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by deveac on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @09:01PM (#6371306)
>Hang on - there's a big difference between saying "not all political stories are off topic" and saying "this political topic is on-topic".

I'm saying both.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Poll: Are there too many NSA stories on HN, or not enough? by diminoten on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @05:01PM (#6370084)
I don't think the HN FAQ was written with this situation in mind, and thus don't consider it a useful reference when determining a course of action for this specific problem.

Perhaps one submission should contain the sum of political discourse on the topic, and all other submissions should contain the technical discourses.

[ Parent | on HN ]