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Hacker News censorship? San Francisco crime story nuked from front page
Whether by human action, or by the effect of some algorithm, it doesn't seem like there was a good reason to bury this story.
The story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11561966
Screenshot: http://imgur.com/irJgUPD
- minimaxir 11y agoMost likely it triggered the flame war detector. (a good heuristic is # comments > # points)
- marcoperaza 11y ago"Flame war detector". Sounds like such a mechanism, number of comments > number of points, would have the same effect as a groupthink protector.
- minimaxir 11y ago"Flame war" detector does not imply "general disagreement" detector.
- marcoperaza 11y agoI read through the comments on that story and I see a healthy and vibrant discussion, not a flame war that needs to be buried.
- brudgers 11y agoWhy not email the moderator, dang, using the contact link at the bottom of the page?