The mod's can choose to "bump" a story off the front page as a form of moderation. http://sangaline.com/post/the-stories-that-hacker-news-removes-from-the-front

The mod's can choose to "bump" a story off the front page as a form of moderation. http://sangaline.com/post/the-stories-that-hacker-news-removes-from-the-front-page/ http://sangaline.com/post/the-stories-that-hacker-news-remov... They do it constantly to stories deemed "not worthy".