why is a story 7 hours old with 11 points and 3 comments ranked #page 2 of hN? This is actually news, and sort of important. But the article above has 300 poi

why is a story 7 hours old with 11 points and 3 comments ranked #page 2 of hN? This is actually news, and sort of important. But the article above has 300 points.//?