Discussing politics is not the same as having an agenda.
> Right or wrong, this used to be mainly about startups.
I don't recall such a time and I've been here quite long.
> Now its become a highly political message board
This is most likely a reaction to real world developments involving a large number of HN participants.
Just like HN isn't a San Francisco local affair and yet when BART has issues you can expect it to be upvoted.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7774764
It might not be a secret or pernicious agenda, but it seems people forget what agenda means.
Yes, that's an excellent point. It amounts to a denial of service attack on informed discourse.
Discussing politics is not the same as having an agenda.
> Right or wrong, this used to be mainly about startups.
I don't recall such a time and I've been here quite long.
> Now its become a highly political message board
This is most likely a reaction to real world developments involving a large number of HN participants.
Just like HN isn't a San Francisco local affair and yet when BART has issues you can expect it to be upvoted.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7774764