[whiterknight]

There is already a test described in the rules: “do you expect to read it on a headline of a major news outlet” if yes, it may not be of HN interest.

[hef19898]

That would exclude, e.g., every senate hearing of big tech. Or anti-trust case against big tech. Not sure this argument holds up to scrutiny.

[kjkjadksj]

To be fair I would think a story about a huge corporate exec talking to stuffy congress would be the exact opposite of hacker news. Hackers don’t care about policy or stiffs in suits. Post open source software and projects involving actual hacking instead.

[whiterknight]

1. Is it the worst thing if the top level headlines for those cases aren’t here?

2. We have more than on heuristic. Those are specifically about tech.

It is not that difficult to identify a hot politcal topic that has nothing to do with tech, unless your judgement is motivated.

[mistermann]

Add some faith (belief without proof, we all do it, and can't recognize it in ourselves or other ingroup members) and you are good to go...provided current planetary results are okay in your books I suppose.

[disgruntledphd2]

It made a lot more sense back in 2010.