> Why was this article hidden from the front page? A similar satellite journalism article from the BBC about a killing in west Africa was allowed on the front page a few weeks ago.
Because it's about China, and information about Chinese human rights abuses is apparently considered "nationalistic flamebait."
HN moderation has nothing to do with what YC is doing in China, as anyone can see by looking back through the many years' worth of comments I've posted. The macro political climate has changed; HN moderation hasn't. The standards are a flatline, to the point of janitorial tedium.
Because it's about China, and information about Chinese human rights abuses is apparently considered "nationalistic flamebait."
Also, I speculate that giving articles like this prominence is bad for Y Combinator's business: it operates a startup incubator in China: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17820654 https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-china-qi-lu/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426
It's also worth noting that China human rights stories are censored in a way that gives the mods some deniability: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18185123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17634964