And one day the community realised that technical innovations had deeper ramifications than something to nerd over or some fancy valuation in a startup with a quirky name.
As an industry, software is still very young. And as it comes of age in the modern era, its impact continues to reach further and further into the fabric of society. We are more than ever before making ethical questions part of the conversation when developing technology.
Politics and policies making their way into HN is therefore an inevitable evolution. Nothing else.
Here-in lies the problem, the assumption that HN readers have to all prescribe to a single political and "social" ideology. I would argue a majority of HN readers would prefer to stay neutral while on HN. If users want that content, there is certainly not a shortage of political focused websites.
I am going to debate the fact that the HN community silences opposing opinions and comments, which won't be popular... But it is evident in the fact that I challenge you to show a conservative viewpoint post making the front page. I have personally seen comments and posts silenced by a minority that had the majority of votes countless times.
Anyway, I digress which is the entire point. In the same vein as I loath sports pundits that try and always get political because it distracts from the essence of sports, the same is true of HN.
