Mainstream world news has a place on HN if it contains "significant new information", and as much as this site is primarily for curious conversation and gratifying intellectual curiosity, we don't want to pretend that horrific events like this aren't happening.
Horrific events happen almost every hour of every day. This is political, and the events that are upvoted are always from the same political perspective. If you don't see this, you're blind. But from my perspective, mods do see it, are ok with it, and that is unfortunate. There are few places left online without explicit political bias. HN used to be one of them.
Tell HN isn't for “telling” people how to interpret a philosophical concept and inciting an ideological battle. Ideological battle is specifically against the HN guidelines. Please don't post like this here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
This is a hallmark of a low quality comment on HN, as is the snarkily dismissive tone of this whole comment. It's also specifically against the HN guidelines to attack the weakest-possible interpretation of what someone says. HN is intended for people who are looking for a higher-standard of discussion than what is available elsewhere. If you want to keep participating here, please read the guidelines and make an effort to observe them. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> Edit 2: @Dang - Flagging is not meant to be used as a downvote.
Sure, but complaining about downvotes is against the guidelines, and @replies are not a way to get moderator attention. The way to get moderator attention (including asking for flags to be reviewed) is to email hn@ycombinator.com.
Repeatedly posting the same sentence as a way of protesting or attracting attention is poor conduct in a community like this, and makes it harder for moderators to help you.
When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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