Mainstream news often involves tech too, so even that isn't a hard and fast heuristic. And it's never been the case that "pure politics" is off topic for HN. Most of the time someone dies and an obituary thread is posted it's mainstream news as well, yet you'll be flagged into oblivion for pointing that out.
Here are some comments by dang clarifying the matter.
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Mainstream news often involves tech too, so even that isn't a hard and fast heuristic. And it's never been the case that "pure politics" is off topic for HN. Most of the time someone dies and an obituary thread is posted it's mainstream news as well, yet you'll be flagged into oblivion for pointing that out.
Here are some comments by dang clarifying the matter.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43142682
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43272671
Who tf is Chad?
I think we agree, you're just misrepresenting my position.
The OP is talking about the Venezuela story on the front page. It's not a good example of what you're talking about.