[zoba]

And thats exactly what happened. Insane.

[binarymax]

We’ve seen lots of posts about DOGE get killed. It’s not far fetched to think they are actively working to keep news like this off HN’s front page.

[disgruntledphd2]

It's important to remember that a large proportion of the community just wants to see tech stories here, and not anything perceived as political.

And I totally get where they're coming from (this stuff is super exhausting and depressing).

That being said, this story in particular seems squarely in the HN wheelhouse, but I can understand that others disagree.

tl;dr probably not a conspiracy, just people who think differently than you do.