It was something like this https://opiniojuris.org/2023/10/18/public-statement-scholars...
HN claims they are different but they sensor more than Reddit, where at least have to be astroturfed with a majority.
I'd like to know which HN post you're talking about, so I can say exactly what happened. Whatever post it was, it wasn't from the site opiniojuris.org. The most recent HN submission from that site was 10 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=opiniojuris.org
I remember being a little shocked when it was on the front page and shortly after was not. I've checked again from <4 months. Wonder if anyone else can recall the URL - I just remember it was a collective scholarly opinion with condemnation on the situation, it may not have been from opinionjuris but the article was very similar.
I'm pretty sure that the code that decides whether or not to display a [dead] post doesn't consider whether the user had upvoted the post before it became [dead]. Maybe it would be better if it did.
> I wonder if you mean https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38036236? You'd need to turn showdead on in your profile to see that one.
So, what happened?
Edit: I can't even click the link on the post you mentioned. Is that normal? That seems especially suspect and somewhat closer to censoring opposing views than I've come to expect from you and HN, Dan.
I have showdead enabled.
The link in question:
https://twailr.com/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potenti...
Very likely flagged dead by users, as most things that show up as [flagged][dead]
Is that normal?
It is for dead submissions. Has been the case for ages.
For those with showdead enabled, why are links on dead submissions broken? Isn’t that the whole point of showdead, to actually show the post?
It doesn't address the specific thing but you can see the broader logic here:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...