Happens all the time. It only takes a handful of people to flag something early for it to get blown down the rankings and effectively consigned to oblivion. S

Happens all the time. It only takes a handful of people to flag something early for it to get blown down the rankings and effectively consigned to oblivion. Some of the more interesting and technology-focused stories do appear to rub some cohort the wrong way and disappear rapidly. You could get tin-foil-hatty, and think that the NSA or CIA has a handful of interns that are paid to watch reddit and hn and influence opinion. But it's probably just as likely that there are enough civilians whose livelihoods depend on inconvenient discussions not occurring.