[raphman]

> There seems to be a coordinated effort to control the narrative.

Do you have any evidence for this? Who would want to coordinate such an effort, and how would they manipulate HN users to comment/vote in a certain way? I think it is far more plausible that some people on here have similar views.

> [people] controlling what people can talk about

That's called 'moderation' and protects communities against trolls and timewasters, no?

> and steering the conversation in the direction they want it to go

That's exactly what conversation is about, I'd say. Of course I want to talk about stuff that I am interested in, and convince others of my arguments. How is this unfortunate?