Is HN is the institution? As a recruitment board for YC, of course it is. Are there openly fascist posters in most relevant threads? Definitely. Would I describe the average community member as such? No.
Indeed, HN seems to be pro-institution (because most livelihoods depend on them)
But when seemingly innocuous posts are flagged, that label seems too weak.
To those sympathetic to these political posts..upvoting or posting calm or mildly supportive comments like the above (BEFORE THE FLAG happens) might help to prevent flags..
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Is HN is the institution? As a recruitment board for YC, of course it is. Are there openly fascist posters in most relevant threads? Definitely. Would I describe the average community member as such? No.
Extremely silly to describe YC as "pro-fascist". It's like claiming State Farm is "pro-fascist".
Our proto-edger on high had a more serious one: Corporatist.
His specific usage has the center-left covered! Too bad it didn't stick
(Strictly speaking, that'd be "neo-corp", like "neo-lib", but with more of a Futurist flavor. You could even say cyberpunk :)
https://davidgraeber.org/videos/donald-trump-is-a-classic-co...
https://youtu.be/yCQDq1oG0vA
Indeed, HN seems to be pro-institution (because most livelihoods depend on them)
But when seemingly innocuous posts are flagged, that label seems too weak.
To those sympathetic to these political posts..upvoting or posting calm or mildly supportive comments like the above (BEFORE THE FLAG happens) might help to prevent flags..
The title of this one is too inflammatory imho
EDIT: The comments to this one seemed alright but still got flagged https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44601096