Comment by Nadya | Hacker News Reader

Comment by Nadya | Hacker News Reader

I had began archiving the /news and /newest because a lot of the Wikileak threads I was upvoting were disappearing into the ether. Seems they were getting mass-flagged/killed, this one survived. Also seems there has been discussion earlier today but the threads were mass-flagged off the front page.

Previously:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12722929 [208 points, 144 comments, buried]
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12724507 [50 points, marked as dupe]
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12724939 [23 points, buried]
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12724525 [7 points, marked as dupe, dead]
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12725175 [3 points, buried instantly]

Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12727186 in this thread.

Doesn't Hacker News automatically bury posts that get a lot of comments?

No, not that I've ever seen. Though they do have a habit of burying/flagging topics pertaining to the release of documents when they concern a particular party. First few times could be brushed off as coincidence but over the last few months topics from DCLeaks, Guccifer and Wikileaks have been targeted

Only when it doesn't fit the narrative.

:( I created the third post in the list ...

The problem with this story as I see it is it instantly connects with the shitshow of the American presidential cycle, and thus has attracted a wide variety of low quality (speculative / rumor mill) type of commentary unfortunately.

The only sure conclusion I've personally reached in this election cycle is that no one sane would want to run for American president, or even be a part of any American political system (beyond the local level where things seem a bit more level headed)....

The bots are working hard.

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