Re:Livestream of Rand Paul Filibustering Reauthorization of ...
by DanielBMarkham on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @06:13PM
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Apologies. It appears I remember this discussion with pg and paul -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=76469 -- but not the fact that it was about reddit, not HN.
It certainly felt to me like during the 2008 election that there were RP stories all over HN. Wasn't the case though. Odd.
I don't think that's accurate. Fewer than ten Ron Paul stories got much traction here in eight years, and most were either tied to more popular topics (SOPA, Snowden) or skeptical: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=ron%20paul&sort=byPopularity&p...
Similarly, I doubt that the interest in the current post has much to do with partisan support for a candidate. Given the community's interests, it is more likely because of what he's talking about.