My point isn't that the HN guidelines and norms should change, but rather there's a high chance of the norms being forced to change as the US government further puts its thumb on the internet. Again, saying it's a small group of activist legislators is ignoring the greater wave on the horizon. I say this as someone that's in the gaming community primarily which has resulted in significant changes already as a result of the payment processor shenanigans.
We've had several major stories about the effect of payments censorship on the gaming industry and will continue to do so. We're not ignoring the issues, just maintaining standards for when they count as significant new information. Indeed if we didn't do that, the major stories abut the topic would be diluted and more easily lost in the milieu.
