Yes. Right now this submission is 15 hours old, in position 25 with 1065 points and 313 comments. In position 24 is a submission from 15 hours ago with 131 poin

Yes. Right now this submission is 15 hours old, in position 25 with 1065 points and 313 comments. In position 24 is a submission from 15 hours ago with 131 points and 22 comments (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10466678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10466678). In position 19 is a submission from 14 hours ago with 153 points and 70 comments (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10467190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10467190). So it's not just because of exponential submission decay nor because of flamewar filtering. Last evening GMT this submission was in fourth place when by points/comments/age it should have been first. User flagging is the most charitable interpretation. edit: now at position 54, 1078 points, 315 comments, 16 hours ago. At position 53 is a story from 17 hours ago, 69 points, 13 comments (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10466419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10466419)