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How come this story and the previous one have been penalized on HN despite the high number of upvotes? This story was published to HN only an hour ago but has
by infodroid 10y ago
How come this story and the previous one have been penalized on HN despite the high number of upvotes?
This story was published to HN only an hour ago but has gathered over 115 points, yet it has been relegated to page 2.
The previous story [1] was published 14 hours ago and has over 540 points, yet is now to be found on page 4.
If the algorithm was operating as usual then both stories would still be in the top half of the front page.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12422420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12422420
- istjohn 10y agoWould getting flagged bump it down? It's a shame people don't think this is a worthwhile conversation to be having.
- rhapsodic 10y agoI don't think "worthwhile" had anything to do with their motivation for flagging it. They're probably afraid that the conversation might spark a backlash against Nodevember and their corporate sponsors.
- sridca 10y agoHow does anyone know that this happens because of flagging? What if the moderator(s) did it? Does HN have a moderation log at all?
- douche 10y agoI'm really starting to think that flags need to be severely gimped in the front-page algorithm. Lately all the interesting stuff that generates discussion gets bounced after an hour or two, whereas relatively boring, non-controversial stuff that no one comments on remains sometimes for days on the front page.