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This submission received a fair number of upvotes in the first minutes of submission and yet never reached the front page. It's hard to believe that this isn't
by baron_harkonnen 6y ago
This submission received a fair number of upvotes in the first minutes of submission and yet never reached the front page. It's hard to believe that this isn't interesting to HN so why did it disappear?
Is it TSLA fans just flagging this so it doesn't get there? is there some other process that decides posts like this won't get to the front page?
- ainar-g 6y agoI think dang's comments on the previous thread explain it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23022631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23022631
- baron_harkonnen 6y agoThanks, that makes a fair bit of sense and it's nice to see the likely reason more clearly articulated.
- krapp 6y agoIt's possible submissions from Twitter are penalized. If so, I wouldn't be surprised - a site that makes context and nuance all but impossible to convey and that optimizes for emotion and hot takes is probably not a good fit for HN's goals. My personal opinion is that Twitter should be banned as a primary source.
- minimaxir 6y agoHN rules say to post the original source. This is a rare case where the tweet is the original source.
- krapp 6y agoYeah, but it's a terrible source. The mods do sometimes replace original sources when a better one comes along, maybe if the only source for something is a tweet, that's a sign it shouldn't be posted at all.
- minimaxir 6y agoElon's tweet had a causal effect on Tesla's stock price. It is the best source.
- dekhn 6y agoI am not a tesla fan; I am now flagging anything posted about Elon Musk that doesn't directly have to do with his contributions to technology or business and contain some sort of reasonable content.