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Comment by mdb31 | Hacker News Reader

So, yes, political, but on the other hand a cool piece of tech?

I've not seen this kind of visualization of a developing situation publicly available before, and a cursory glance shows that the data sources are at least one level beyond 'naked propaganda'...

Bookmarked!

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Live maps like this of ethnic conflicts in Kenya made a huge difference with the civil unrest there. This conflict is very different, but being able to present evidence of what is happening could have a great influence not just on the conflict itself but all that comes afterward.

Oh, this definitely seems very useful.

But, the immediate reflex on HN is to downvote such tools into oblivion. When I 'vouched' for this submission, it was flagged, I assume for immediate deletion.

It's quite interesting that 'free speech' advocates are so, eh, limited in what they actually consider to be such...

Yeah, I think this is the first Ukraine story that has survived more than 30 minutes on the front page, so, well done!

I think that the data part has probably helped to avoid the flamewars (for some reason).

What are you 3 actually on about? Something about free speech and tools? Care to explain for those who have no idea what’s going on here?

Ukraine conflict stories have mostly been quickly flagged and down ranked. To minimise virtual tensions and conflict, here on HN. This link is essentially a collection of Ukraine conflict news, so it too was flagged. However, this site is also an interesting techy tool, besides. And enough people vouched for it that it got some hang time on the front page.

Thanks for explaining that!

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