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bhousel on Jan 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why is the "Google, what were you thinking...

There is no grand conspiracy involving Google apologism. Everything with a .co.ke domain is auto-killed by the HN submission process.

I just tried it myself with some other random Kenyan domain: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3460932

jiaaro on Jan 13, 2012 [–]

... ok, and the obvious question: "Why are .co.ke domains auto-killed?"

handelaar on Jan 13, 2012 | | [–]

Apparently because HN (incorrectly) regards .ke to have second-level domains. Which it doesn't.

This is a bug.

bradleyland on Jan 13, 2012 | | [–]

Given that the"New" page is jammed with submissions, it's probable that they were auto-killed for spamming.

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