alt Hacker News> HN has a very strong moderation team with years and years of history letting awkward (e.g. criticism of YC, YC companies) things stand.
the attempt to steer direction is well hidden, but it is very much there
with https://hnrankings.info/ you can see the correction applied, in real time
the hidden bits applied to dissenting accounts? far less visible
Oh wow, i always had that gut feeling, but now i know. Stop killing games went from consistent rank 2 to 102 in an instant. And it all happend outside my timezone so i didnt even know it existed here.