[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.