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Hey HN! Did I do something wrong? I got a Twitter notification that this reached the frontpage, went to check it and it did, had like 48 upvotes, checked it aga

Hey HN! Did I do something wrong? I got a Twitter notification that this reached the frontpage, went to check it and it did, had like 48 upvotes, checked it again a minute after that and it's now buried in "new" with 20 upvotes. First time at HN – sorry if I made some mistake

DoreenMichele 9y ago
That sounds to me like it was probably submitted twice, one got upvoted and then flagged. As I understand it, you can't downvote posts. So a post should not drop from 48 points to 20.
- rameerez 9y ago
  Might be, but I've only seen my submission + I'm 100% sure I saw this precise post in the frontpage with 40+ upvotes :/
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    There is a search function at the bottom of the page. I will suggest you double check.
    - rameerez 9y ago
      Thanks! But yup, searched it and I only see my own submission :/
      - mercer 9y ago
        I wouldn't worry about it too much. I imagine after the many facebook posts these past few days, many people downvote or flag them immediately.
- Swizec 9y ago
  You can flag posts. That counts as a downvote (or more). If I had to guess, I'd say the submission got heavily penalized for being trollbait. Either by the mods, or by the community.
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - grzm 9y ago
    Flags affect ranking (which might be what you're getting at), but they don't change the number of votes displayed.
grzm 9y ago
I believe submissions from Twitter are down-weighted by default. As for changes in the number of votes, I suggest you email the mods via the Contact link in the footer for a definitive answer.
- rameerez 9y ago
  Just contacted them, thank you for the suggestion!
sp332 9y ago
HN has an aggressive automatic voting ring detector. That might account for the lost votes. But emailing the mods is definitely the right way to find out.
- rameerez 9y ago
  I didn't do any of that shady stuff, just submitted it and waited. I just wrote the mods, thank you!
singularity2001 9y ago
are you sure that you didn't mistake the 48 for 18?

DoreenMichele 9y ago

That sounds to me like it was probably submitted twice, one got upvoted and then flagged. As I understand it, you can't downvote posts. So a post should not drop from 48 points to 20.

rameerez 9y ago
Might be, but I've only seen my submission + I'm 100% sure I saw this precise post in the frontpage with 40+ upvotes :/
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  There is a search function at the bottom of the page. I will suggest you double check.
  - rameerez 9y ago
    Thanks! But yup, searched it and I only see my own submission :/
    - mercer 9y ago
      I wouldn't worry about it too much. I imagine after the many facebook posts these past few days, many people downvote or flag them immediately.
Swizec 9y ago
You can flag posts. That counts as a downvote (or more). If I had to guess, I'd say the submission got heavily penalized for being trollbait. Either by the mods, or by the community.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- grzm 9y ago
  Flags affect ranking (which might be what you're getting at), but they don't change the number of votes displayed.

grzm 9y ago

I believe submissions from Twitter are down-weighted by default. As for changes in the number of votes, I suggest you email the mods via the Contact link in the footer for a definitive answer.

rameerez 9y ago
Just contacted them, thank you for the suggestion!

sp332 9y ago

HN has an aggressive automatic voting ring detector. That might account for the lost votes. But emailing the mods is definitely the right way to find out.

rameerez 9y ago
I didn't do any of that shady stuff, just submitted it and waited. I just wrote the mods, thank you!

singularity2001 9y ago

are you sure that you didn't mistake the 48 for 18?