That NYT article received 166 votes and 198 comments [1], and was on the front page for about 13 hours [2]. Sometimes stories drop off the front page if they h

That NYT article received 166 votes and 198 comments [1], and was on the front page for about 13 hours [2]. Sometimes stories drop off the front page if they have more comments than votes, as it signals a flamewar, which makes for boring reading at best and leads to uncivil behaviour or trolling at worst. It would be pointless for HN to try and "censor" things that the community wanted to discuss, as people would just find out about it and discuss it elsewhere. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17192601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17192601 [2] http://hnrankings.info/17192601/ http://hnrankings.info/17192601/