Title: There has been a noticeable increase in political topics since I joined HN a few years back.  The HN Guidelines lead off with the following:<p>&quot;Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they&#x27;re evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.&quot;<p>Some of the stories posted are indeed of specific interest to community.  Very few are evidence of some &quot;interesting new phenomenon&quot;.  Most are a rehashing of the same old topics.<p>One of the most admirable things about hackers is their ability to accomplish great things without - or in spite of government.  The recent preoccupation is a bit sad.  Great minds could be focused on better things.<p>Any thoughts on solutions to this concern?  Yes - one would be to ignore political posts and move on to others of interest.  But based upon comments I have seen by numerous respected HN members, I am not the only one seeing this.  Any thoughts on how filter&#x2F;tagging&#x2F;flagging might apply?
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