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>Just like the NSA, stop bringing up stuff everyone knows. Google reader shutdown, ok, many geeks used it, there is alternatives.. blablabla.

But are you saying that NSA spying on everyone should be just another minor fact, I don't get it. Doesn't it seem wrong to you that someone is listening to ALL your digital communications/actions?

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I am in no way saying it isn't a problem or we shouldn't talk about it. It's terrible what the NSA is doing. All I'm saying is my HN experience has noticeably decreased do to the massive amount of shallow comments these topics bring. Call your representatives if you want to make a difference, flooding a tech forum with political comments isn't going to do anything.

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What about persons outside US? the thing is that wile this does not directly influence, there are at least discussion about ethics of this and whether this really right action, thus at least (all else held constant) decreasing pool of IT professionals that are willing to support this with their labor. As side note, this surveillance should not be just noted and forgotten.

Most of comments are not much political. (i.e. I see them as discussion of ethics/morales, not as person/party x agenda pushing/discussion)