[youngtaff]

Because many HN readers flag anything that they deem to be “politics”

[FpUser]

I would say "wrong politics". Atrocities committed by other regimes have no problems staying on top page.

[direwolf20]

Unless that regime is Israel.

[chipsrafferty]

Unless it has computer!

[datsci_est_2015]

Sometimes even with computer! Don’t want to get uncomfy that the code you’re writing is enabling terrible things.

[comfysocks]

In the eyes of some in leadership, tech workers should be apolitical worker drones. Weighing in on politics is for people like David Sacks, Marc Andreesen, Elon Musk.