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On a sidenote, I find it odd this story has a lot upvotes in such a short amount time, yet it's dropped from the top story to now the 15th result on the frontpa

by colmvp 7y ago

On a sidenote, I find it odd this story has a lot upvotes in such a short amount time, yet it's dropped from the top story to now the 15th result on the frontpage below stories that are older with fewer votes?

dbg31415 7y ago
Woah, WTF. It had more votes than any story above it, except one, and the votes to comments to time ratio was all better on this article. Someone at HN really hates North Dakota, doesn't feel like a coverup is something techies should be talking about. Frustrating. 23th place and falling. https://imgur.com/a/yRz9FrW https://imgur.com/a/yRz9FrW
- kortilla 7y ago
  Or maybe it’s people flagging it because it’s unsubstantiated so far.
  - dbg31415 7y ago
    Seems like a metric that should be made visible, no? I mean... if we see votes, we should see flags... otherwise, flags are just a way to secretly control what people can see on the site.
ineedasername 7y ago
Maybe it's the relatively low number of comments? (22 as of this post)
iron0013 7y ago
It happens when a story is flagged. Flagging the story (or iirc a lot of people flagging comments in a story’s comments section) will cause it to drop. I think it’s sad that people would flag this story.