You can't easily AFAIK, but they have so few points that it looks pretty unlikely. The one with comments has 20 points and the next best is 6 points. You'll note that the flagged on at 10 points, so it might have made it?
Why do you think it is?
Why do you think it is?
I can not fathom a terrorist attack killing 100 people in Los Angeles being flagged out of existence in HN; I can imagine that if 20 articles appear about a specific incident, some will be indeed flagged, but surely not all.
Flagging is probably right according to HN guidelines, so that is what should happen for all off-topic articles, but this is not what HN is doing.
I think the guidelines should be updated to reflect this fact: "flag off-topic news unless they are relevant to the Anglo community"
I'm not sure if you are French or lost people in Nice, but if you are you have my sympathy. I was in France only a few months back, and this event made me both sad and angry.
HN is certainly Silicon Valley centric, but that is expected given its origins and audience. However, my impression is that coverage of EU tech issues gets more coverage than most places. There is certainly more coverage of US politics than other places, but the majority of that is related to tech issues.
(I'm not from the US, Canada or UK, nor do I live in any of those places)
Maybe you are right, but this morning the first think I saw about the terror attack was on HN via Feedly, and I was very surprised to see that all articles were flagged, including one about Facebook activating a special crisis mode, which stroke me as strange since recently I have seen lots of politics around here.
Do you know how the flagging system works? Normal users get the right to flag and/or vouch for stories periodically, after they have been on the site a while. The details of what stays on the front page isn't publicly known, but it is a combination of comments and upvotes vs flags vs vouches.
So if there is a lot to say about a topic, it is more likely to stay on the front page.
The Turkish attempted coup made the front page (which of course isn't US or Anglo-centric). I think that is mostly because it is an unfolding situation and people have new things to say about it.
(I have flagging rights at the moment. I didn't flag it, but I rarely flag things.)
I don't mean it as rude as it probably comes off, but you must realize that you won't be able to start a huge meta-discussion here that will suddenly change everything.
Just let it go.
Why wouldn't I raise the issue? The site is otherwise pleasant and interesting.
First, in itself.
Second, you're pretty combative about it.
Third, your totally out-of-the-field mention of an Israeli spin, together with the story itself, makes me wary that it looks very much like right-extremist "arguments" are being injected here.