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• username90 7y ago
  Why would it do that? Did some moderator intervene?
  • pjc50 7y ago
    Ironically, it's an opaque algorithm. (Moderators will often, but not always, say if they've rescued a page. It's possible this got aggressively flagged off the front page and was rescued.)
  • makomk 7y ago
    Most likely a moderator intervened to stop it being algorithmically kicked off the front page - we're well over the threshold where the flame war detector normally kicks in and downranks submissions (roughly when it has more replies than upvotes).
  • paulnechifor 7y ago
    Honestly, a moderator should intervene. What's the point of linking to an article where you can only read 3 lines before paying?