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By the way, can anyone tell me how a Revolution or occupation anywhere in the world has any link with Hacking that the news featured on HN?


What? I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say. Might want to edit it to make it clearer.

Anyway, I think you are wondering why this news is on Hackernews. I'd say it's because there are a lot of politically conscience people here, who care about what's going on in the world.

One point I think people miss is that the content of this site does not necessarily have to be related to tech (though usually is). I personally come here for the discussion that results from the submissions, and world news like this is important to me. And I'd like to be able to discuss the news/situation with other people of similar educations, vocations and mindsets.


Hackers are Humans as I know so they have interest in other stuff as well, does this mean we will be expecting posts about Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga in near future?


If they have the certain je ne sais quoi to attract enough views and upvotes, sure. For what it's worth, not every non-tech related political, financial, or social news article hits the front page. Certainly at most times there may be one to three non-tech focused news story on the front page, but that's usually the limit. And this particular story is at least tangentially related to tech, what with the prominent role social media is playing in the ongoing events.




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