[dmazin]

It is somewhat interesting whether these links keep getting killed because HN's response has been so wholly immature or for some other reason.

[waterlesscloud]

dang is specifically demoting and killing them.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7527229

I'll wait for his post on the topic to form a final opinion on that, but my initial reaction is that it's wrong to bury a story of this magnitude in the tech industry.

[md224]

> There is already a major thread on this topic, and it has already spent time on the front page. Anyone who wishes to participate in that thread is welcome to do so.

Is he saying that because a thread exists for a topic, anyone who wants to discuss that topic needs to go and track down the buried thread? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

If the community still wants to discuss something, why not let them? Why force the discussion into a rarely-visited thread ghetto?

[bronson]

That sounds odd. If dang wants people to comment on the original story then he should leave it on the front page.

Kinda fun to see routing around censorship in action. :)

[dang]

No, you're right. For stories of this magnitude, one should be on the front page, and discussion should be consolidated there.

[3am]

I can completely understand his motivation, even though I believe the efforts to demote/kill them will ultimately be futile. Like you said, this topic will demand discussion. The main thread should at least not be flagged off the frontpage or the new links will keep coming in.

[eshyong]

HN posts drop in rank for being too controversial, IIRC. (comments to points ratio gets too high)