I have no proof to back it up, but most politically sensitive subjects are likely monitored by various interested parties ( in old country, it is a job to troll internet forums[1] to sway public opinion one way or the other. Needless to say, even on HN I started to view some comments on political news as tainted. It is unfortunate.
And HN is in a good position to being able to spot most attempts to derail threads and so on.
And the dismissal in this case is purely content free, it's just a random insult, and then a successful flagkill. Oh... and snarky twitter tone.
> in old country, it is a job to troll internet forums[1] to sway public opinion one way or the other.
It's a job everywhere. Right now someone being paid to troll internet forums and comment sections to disrupt conversations about the food coloring used in Skittles.
Friendly reminder: users with enough internet points can attempt to rescue inappropriately killed comments by clicking on "vouch". I do it quite a bit, and at least 5% of the time I am rewarded by immediately seeing the [flagged] tag disappear!
And HN is in a good position to being able to spot most attempts to derail threads and so on.
[1]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/01/undercover-rep...