So I have read this article by Google http://searchengineland.com/google-explains-how-they-handle-the-new-top-level-domains-tlds-225671 which states "There are no TLDs that Google finds preferential to others; they are all treated equally in rankings. There are some geo-specific TLDs that Google will default to a specific country and use that as an indicator that the website is more important in a specific geographic region. But all TLDs are treated equally."But reading on previous hacker news comments like this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11684696 the top comment suggests the they are SEO black holes.
So which is it? I would love some data comparing the 2.