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Ask HN: How does post banning work on HN?
Hello everyone, I'm quite new to the HN community, so please forgive me if I'm doing something wrong, or if there's a better way to ask this question. Just please let me know!
So, I had submitted this post this morning under Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15277484 and it was gaining traction, was on the front page for quite some time, and then it suddenly vanished from trending/new/show pages.
Due to the sudden disappearance, I can't believe it was because of the downvotes. I think most probably one of the mods(?) removed it for some reason.
Was it done because the post involved Paul Graham? Is there a way I can contact the mods about the reason(or they can contact me)? I'd definitely want to know about any mistakes that I had made, even unintentionally, so that I don't repeat them in the future! Thanks :-)
- brudgers 9y agoThe knowledgeable answers can only come from the moderators. Try using the |contact| link at the bottom of the page.
- grzm 9y agoYou might find the guidelines and FAQ useful as well: * https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html * https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html The FAQ includes information about ranking and flagging: > How are stories ranked? > The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way. > Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention. Also, the guidelines request (as 'brudgers points out): > Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Instead, please send it to hn@ycombinator.com. I'd speculate that it was just the normal churn. 'dang and 'sctb have commented many times that they specifically take care on posts that reference YC in some way.