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I would imagine that it's been automatically removed due to a large number of people flagging it, rather than manually removed by the admins. My understanding
by oska 7y ago
I would imagine that it's been automatically removed due to a large number of people flagging it, rather than manually removed by the admins.
My understanding is that automatic removals (from flagging) get reviewed and unremoved if the admins don't see a good case for the submission being flag-worthy.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThere's also anti-flamewar system in HN that penalizes stories that accrue too many comments too quickly; I'm betting this is what makes this and similar stories drop from the front page very fast.
- doubleunplussed 7y agoIt's kind of a shame. Some issues just create a lot of discussion. This one is controversial, and maybe you could call it a flame war, but I'd prefer it stay up. I'm finding these threads by googling "Hacker News Stallman" every couple of days.