| In the past week there have been: 7 submissions with "Trump" in the title, and over 100 comments in the thread: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastWeek&page=0&prefix=tru... 9 submissions with "Tariff" in the title, and over 100 comments in the thread: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastWeek&page=0&prefix=tru... Apart from perhaps LLMs, no other topic has had anywhere near as much discussion, and the stories and comment threads are full of criticism. You may not be seeing them because because they often get pushed down the rankings due to the flamewar detector, user flags and software penalties that are applied to submissions about politics and mainstream news. If those mechanisms weren't in place, the front page would be dominated by flame wars about U.S. politics every day, which is not what the majority of the HN audience wants. The intention of HN is to be a place to discover and discuss different topics that engage intellectual curiosity. But the stories, discussions and criticisms are definitely there, and are getting plenty of exposure on the front page. |