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Comment by panarky | Hacker News Reader

114 points, not flagged - "As Joe Rogan’s platform grows, so does the media and liberal backlash" (Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24561534)

264 points, not flagged - "You're Not Allowed to Film: The Fight to Control Who Reports from Portland (Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24390909)

Funny how stories about right-wing corruption and mal-governance get instantly flagged to oblivion, while culture-war stories that favor right-wing and right-libertarian agendas stay up.

These examples are hints that at least some of the flagging is politically motivated and not simply about relevance to hackers.

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This took me 10 seconds:

393, not flagged- "Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for DNC emails – lawyer"

259, not flagged- "Trump’s WeChat curbs halted by judge on free speech concerns"

81, not flagged- "Peter Thiel Met with the Racist Fringe as He Went All in on Trump"

270, not flagged- "Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores"

All stories negative to the right wing and that's just the first four I found by searching for the word Trump.

You have a perception bias which doesn't reflect reality.

At least three of those four have an undeniable technological/VC subject matter, clearly relevant to HN (WeChat, Peter Thiel, and TikTok)

I'd have to read them all to be certain, but 2 stories on OP's side and the 4 stories you presented aren't convincing for either argument, 10 seconds of research or not.

The parent comment argued that the tax evasion post was flagged because it's not directly relevant to the tech industry.

In response, I found examples that are also not directly relevant to the tech industry, but are recent, popular and unflagged on HN.

Since each of your examples is directly relevant to the tech industry, they are not evidence of political neutrality in flagging posts.

To counter my argument that flagging is biased to support right-wing politics, a better response would list HN posts that are (a) not directly relevant to the tech industry, (b) critical of right-wing or right-libertarian politics, (c) 100+ points, (d) posted recently, and (e) not flagged.

I would be happy to be proven wrong!

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