Ask HN: Why was this post removed?
This post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17801395), linked to a book review in The New York Times, written by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. It seems like a fine thing to have posted here, yet it was removed. Any idea as to why?
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No idea about that one but unless it is some break through idea I downvote / flag any political controversial topics. HN mods and users are doing so far an amazing job keeping this place free from toxic, ideological shouting matches.
Best example is your post - for me Stiglitz is a political hack whom I can't take serious, for you he did write something so substantial that you made a follow up post on your submission.
Fair point. I thought it was super strange that a book review would get flagged but didn't consider the fact that it was controversial.
Link to the Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/books/review/winners-take...
It looks perfectly visible to me, with neither "dead" nor "flagged" badging.
Looks like it was flagged a bunch.