Because HN can't be seen to discuss the military take-over of the seat of government of one of the most powerful countries on earth. It would be unseemly. The coup will not only not be televised, it won't even be discussed.
> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
Previously (106 points, 4 hours ago, 77 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864192
Comments moved thither, thanks!
That one is flagged. Do you have the ability to merge threads?
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44864192
Why is this post being flagged?
Because HN can't be seen to discuss the military take-over of the seat of government of one of the most powerful countries on earth. It would be unseemly. The coup will not only not be televised, it won't even be discussed.
It’s more likely that users are flagging these posts because of the Reddit-tier commentary
Most of the commentary on this forum approaches Reddit-tier. People will flag political content because it's political, and for no other reaon.
Because it’s off topic. See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> What to Submit
> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
The Hulk Hogan and Pope dying stories aren't flagged. Hell, the Hulk Hogan was unflagged.
The leader of the most powerful democracy on earth doing authoritarian actions and eroding norms is worth discussion.