Some friends and family are likely to be on HN, and I'd assume probably don't want to see speculation like that.

What makes people go whight-knighting for merely perceived wishes? And that's before even thinking why those wishis should trump other's wish to discuss this on a public forum.

The conspiracy/speculation on every damn topic around here is getting out of hand.

There's been a very noticeable decline in average comment quality since Reddit started pulling its API nonsense. It was worse right after it happened, and it's clear that the mods are working hard to keep it under control, but the Reddit exodus definitely has had an impact here.

I think this is a far deeper issue in our society given that you see unhinged conspiracy shit absolutely everywhere on the internet now. It’s just continued outgrowths of QAnon, slowly pulling in more and more people who think they’re too smart to get dragged into something like that.