Ask HN: HN censoring Facebook licencing controversy?

79 points

9 years ago

So, I was actively paying attention to a particular topic that was on the front page recently, Facebook saying no to a licence change request from the Apache Software Foundation.[1]

This thread had over 750 points, and 250 comments. However, all of a sudden, after 12 hours of being present, it is being marked as a duplicate of [2], which has under 150 points, not nearly as many comments (approximately 130), and no presence on the front page (or the next 10 pages for that matter).

Surely policy should prefer the thread with the most activity and more points? Particularly when it's on something I really wish to pay attention to (or rather, the commentary of HN participants which I value, of which [1] was receiving a lot of), given that it seriously affects the direction of present and future projects (which, at this stage, will no longer be utilising React).

Cheers.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15050841 [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15050705

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