{"slug": "tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content", "title": "Tell HN: Please stop posting political content", "summary": "A Hacker News user pleaded with the community to stop posting political content, saying they visit the site to escape such discussions. Other commenters argued that politics and technology are increasingly intertwined, citing the GPT 5.6 case as an example.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nTell HN: Please stop posting political content\n5 points\nby\nphyzix5761\n25 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n4 comments\nPlease stop posting political content on HN. I come here to get away from this stuff.\nhelp\nminimaxir\n24 minutes ago\n|\nnext\n[–]\nPolitics and tech are more intertwined than ever, as the GPT 5.6 case demonstrates. You can't avoid it.\nreply\nphyzix5761\n23 minutes ago\n|\nparent\n|\nnext\n[–]\nI understand that but we're getting a lot of non-tech related political posts lately.\nreply\nbediger4000\n17 minutes ago\n|\nroot\n|\nparent\n|\nnext\n[–]\nThere's something to be said for keeping tech oligarchs out of politics as well, no?\nreply\natmanactive\n15 minutes ago\n|\nprev\n[–]\nCouldn't agree more.\nreply\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702889", "published_at": "2026-06-27 23:39:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-28 00:04:43.687908+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "GPT 5.6"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tell-hn-please-stop-posting-political-content.jsonld"}}