> Flamewar detector I think. I think the "flamewar" penalty only kicks in when there are more comments than upvotes, which isn't true for this article. Judgi

> Flamewar detector I think. I think the "flamewar" penalty only kicks in when there are more comments than upvotes, which isn't true for this article. Judging by the drops (http://hnrankings.info/23610416/ http://hnrankings.info/23610416/) I wonder if the site might be penalized in some way, so that it decays faster than one would expect. Or perhaps an editorial penalty added specifically for this story, to kick it out of the top spot to make room for a more technical article.