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Hmmm, this post was briefly the #2 in HN, and now it's completely disappeared.... Any idea how that might happen?

burfog 7y ago
More than 10% of the posts on HN, including 100% of yours, are about climate change. Could you give it a rest please? There are dedicated climate change forums that you can go to.
colinator 7y ago
I'm curious about this as well. It's now #69, 5 minutes later. I seem to recall this happening quite a bit for global warming stories. Anyone from HN want to explain please? Do all 'political' stories get buried?
- SCHiM 7y ago
  I noticed this too! We have no insight in how this works 'under the hood'. But this one really disappeared disturbingly fast.
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- asaegyn 7y ago
  The positive tree planting story (with less engagement + comments) is now #1. Really weird, I don't get this algorithm. We don't even have a downvote for stories.
- kryogen1c 7y ago
  Dont be ridiculous. There are explanations of the ranking algorithim, and even a cursory glance explains this. Top ranked posts get a couple hundred replies and several hundred likes. This comment will be #20 at my writing, and im already 2 of the others.
reneherse 7y ago
Seems likely that it was flagged by multiple users. Also, I suspect the HN algorithm weights flagging by high karma users very highly. Frankly, it's a broken system when it comes to politically fraught topics.
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- keanzu 7y ago
  Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - asaegyn 7y ago
    So the article is by an ACTUAL IPCC climate contributor, one of Australia's experts. Joelle has access to the newest IPCC models and is raising the flag (no pun intended) on new developments in the IPCC models. Seems like a very important bit of information to disseminate to the public!
  - LargeWu 7y ago
    The idea that climate change is primarily a political topic is why we're in this mess in the first place.
  - _Microft 7y ago
    This seems improbable. We are frequently discussing ecological or climate related topics here.

More than 10% of the posts on HN, including 100% of yours, are about climate change. Could you give it a rest please? There are dedicated climate change forums that you can go to.

colinator 7y ago

I'm curious about this as well. It's now #69, 5 minutes later. I seem to recall this happening quite a bit for global warming stories. Anyone from HN want to explain please? Do all 'political' stories get buried?

SCHiM 7y ago
I noticed this too! We have no insight in how this works 'under the hood'. But this one really disappeared disturbingly fast.
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asaegyn 7y ago
The positive tree planting story (with less engagement + comments) is now #1. Really weird, I don't get this algorithm. We don't even have a downvote for stories.
kryogen1c 7y ago
Dont be ridiculous. There are explanations of the ranking algorithim, and even a cursory glance explains this. Top ranked posts get a couple hundred replies and several hundred likes. This comment will be #20 at my writing, and im already 2 of the others.

reneherse 7y ago

Seems likely that it was flagged by multiple users. Also, I suspect the HN algorithm weights flagging by high karma users very highly. Frankly, it's a broken system when it comes to politically fraught topics.

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keanzu 7y ago
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- asaegyn 7y ago
  So the article is by an ACTUAL IPCC climate contributor, one of Australia's experts. Joelle has access to the newest IPCC models and is raising the flag (no pun intended) on new developments in the IPCC models. Seems like a very important bit of information to disseminate to the public!
- LargeWu 7y ago
  The idea that climate change is primarily a political topic is why we're in this mess in the first place.
- _Microft 7y ago
  This seems improbable. We are frequently discussing ecological or climate related topics here.