Purely going by measures, this post has way more comments than the referenced one, which usually puts a post a bit lower on the top list (afaik).
On the other hand, political topics are generally not that welcome here, especially because it will mostly spark flamewars and does not really help anyone. As evidence for the "dislike" of purely political topics, there was at least one political detox period where political topics were discouraged altogether. (Edit: that's why there are more people flagging/downvoting the post, it's not just censorship)
I'm not arguing for or against political topics here, both have their merits. If the above sounds otherwise then it's because english is not my native tongue and choosing words is not my specialty.
Yep, and I am very sceptical of claims how topics like these tend to plunge from front page right during West Coast work hours, and the tolerance to "controversial" topics magically go up closer to end of the day, and the weekend.
You can't imaging a downvoting, or flagging ring being online with such regularity, and reaction time as if it was a full time job for their members.
On the other hand, political topics are generally not that welcome here, especially because it will mostly spark flamewars and does not really help anyone. As evidence for the "dislike" of purely political topics, there was at least one political detox period where political topics were discouraged altogether. (Edit: that's why there are more people flagging/downvoting the post, it's not just censorship)
I'm not arguing for or against political topics here, both have their merits. If the above sounds otherwise then it's because english is not my native tongue and choosing words is not my specialty.