Why on hacker news when it comes to tech salaries, if they stay for a year the same everyone calls it a reduction due to inflation.

However in cases of poor people and poverty there must be an ulterior motive.

▲

lovich 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

It’s a VC backed forum, there’s a bias towards a population that looks down on the poor and fetishizes wealth.

It’s not everyone or even a majority but because of the VC backing it’s going to be more than the general population

▲

Steven420 4 days ago | parent [-]

Are you suggesting that hn is removing comment's/post's that don't look down on the poor or fetishize wealth? I'm not sure how hn being vc backed has any influence on how I or anyone else here comments

▲

bryzaguy 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

It sounds like parent comment is suggesting that hn attracts a demographic of people who look down on the poor and fetishize wealth, not that it's suppressing posts or trying to influence comments.

	▲	lovich 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That was correct, I was commenting on the input demographics to the community, not on moderation activities

▲

owebmaster 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You don't need to remove content when you can let the users flag and downvote what "doesn't belong to" HN

▲

Manuel_D 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because the former is a reduction in real terms. The latter is an increase in real terms. The increase from $2.15 2017 dollars to $3.00 2021 dollars is well above the inflation in that time frame. The article points this out quite explicitly:

> However, the IPL has also increased substantially, even after inflation adjustments. The poverty line has increased in real terms.

▲

Ferret7446 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I see your ad hominem and lack of actually explaining why the GP is wrong. Because they're not wrong. They definitely benefit from this redefinition.