It has more comments than upvotes. Usually that's an indication that a flamewar is going on, so submissions like that are downweighted automatically. In any ca

It has more comments than upvotes. Usually that's an indication that a flamewar is going on, so submissions like that are downweighted automatically. In any case, it's back now. Probably the mods got a notification that the flamewar detector was triggered and went to check. The next time you have a question about HN's mysterious workings, you should email hn@ycombinator.com (contact link in footer). You're more likely to get an answer that way.