Can someone please explain to me why this post has gotten flagged?
It is about science, or possibly the misrepresentation there of. Is this not appropriate for nerdy discussion?
It is about science, or possibly the misrepresentation there of. Is this not appropriate for nerdy discussion?
The issue is that this is “political” and dang has written about this.[0]
However, what are vaccines? They are biotechnology. Technology is what this site is about, correct?
The problem is overlap. But everything has been, or is becoming politicized in the United States. This means that every day we will have less and less to discuss here on HN.
The other issue is one of partisan bias. I now realize that I need to take a deep hard look at this. As should HN.
I guess the solution, as I understand it, is that I begin to flag things that I see as political. Like say, any post about immigration.
Section 230? Should we all flag that? Clearly that’s political. What’s next?
This is not good.
[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
What is happening to us .. y'all ?
Because looking at the comments I was surprised at how relatively civil it was, considering this a matter of life and death.
The “Florida man” type comment (or five) can easily be handled at the comment level.
Edit: oh, I see this, but there seem to be conflicting reports on vouching for flagged submissions.
And a personal disclaimer, I don’t enjoy delving into this meta malarkey. However, for this post it seemed worthwhile.