At the risk of getting all meta, what's happening to HN? Why has this already disappeared of the front page in just over 3 hours, garnering only 17 points (inc

At the risk of getting all meta, what's happening to HN? Why has this already disappeared of the front page in just over 3 hours, garnering only 17 points (including mine)? To me, this is what HN was all about; seeing the great stuff people had been working on, reading many (often hundreds) of encouraging/helpful comments. Here's a guy who's been an active member of HN for well over a year, busted his gut creating something, and it's met with a collective "meh".