> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

That ship has sailed a long time ago, with the approval of the moderation itself.

That's excellent modbait, but of course what you say is the opposite of what we approve.

It's is a complex and hard question, but the principles we apply to it have been around for a long time and are consistent with the site guidelines. If they weren't, we'd change the latter.

I've explained all of this many times. If you, or anyone, would like to know how we approach the question, you could start here:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

Yup, since around 2016 HN and other tech spaces got infested with people who cannot separate their political ideology from technical discussions.

When it comes to FOSS they claim that FOSS has always been political to justify the politicization of everything they touch.

Things used to be much better when the people adhered to the age-old wisdom "Keep politics and religion out of the office" and carried this attitude to neutral spaces online.

In part, some of us got into tech because it was one of the places where meritocracy ruled and you could get away from those who thrive by overwhelming others with BS.

I apologize for the rant.