[pvg]

two critical articles about a particular programming language on consecutive days are flamebait and detrimental to the site

I'm not sure who you're quoting here but it's not me.

US political and COVID articles

These also get moderated quite a bit but it's a little different with ongoing hot topics - many more submissions, angles, etc. One person's take on Go, however interesting, is not an ongoing hot topic. Plus it's had a pretty good life on the site!

[b3morales]

It was meant as a summary of what you and dang seem to be saying, rather than a direct quotation; I probably shouldn't have used quote marks in this context. Apologies for the confusion.