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Original Post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2472089 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2472089 I noticed this post on the frontpage and upvoted it. It

by jsmoov 16y ago

Original Post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2472089 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2472089 I noticed this post on the frontpage and upvoted it. It was rising, and was suddenly gone. Anyone have an objective explanation?

_pius 16y ago
Very unfortunate. It's probably flagging, voting ring detection, or some moderator intervention (not sure if they can do more than killing or standard flagging). I'd put my money on user flagging. There are lots of people here who have a knee-jerk negative reaction to anything that dares speak to the idea that women or black people tend to have a harder time getting VC/angel funding than their counterparts.
- jsmoov 16y ago
  Yes. The biggest losers are all the entrepreneurs that could have benefited from this program had it been allowed to stay on the front-page.
- mindcrime 16y ago
  It's probably flagging, voting ring detection Hmmm... I'm not sure exactly how the voting ring stuff works, but I've heard that people can get tripped up by asking large numbers of, say, Twitter followers, to upvote them. I know the OP of the link in question, and I know he has a very large Twitter follower base. If he tweeted the link, it's not outside the realm of imagination that the subsequent voting pattern could have set off some anti-spam mechanism. Of course this is all just speculation; but I think it would be wrong to rush to judgment and conclude that "HN is racist" because of this.
  - _pius 16y ago
    Hmmm... I'm not sure exactly how the voting ring stuff works, but I've heard that people can get tripped up by asking large numbers of, say, Twitter followers, to upvote them. Yup, it happened to Yegg recently: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2203599 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2203599 I think it would be wrong to rush to judgment and conclude that "HN is racist" I agree, notwithstanding my previous point.

by jsmoov 16y ago

_pius 16y ago

Very unfortunate. It's probably flagging, voting ring detection, or some moderator intervention (not sure if they can do more than killing or standard flagging). I'd put my money on user flagging. There are lots of people here who have a knee-jerk negative reaction to anything that dares speak to the idea that women or black people tend to have a harder time getting VC/angel funding than their counterparts.

jsmoov 16y ago
Yes. The biggest losers are all the entrepreneurs that could have benefited from this program had it been allowed to stay on the front-page.
mindcrime 16y ago
It's probably flagging, voting ring detection Hmmm... I'm not sure exactly how the voting ring stuff works, but I've heard that people can get tripped up by asking large numbers of, say, Twitter followers, to upvote them. I know the OP of the link in question, and I know he has a very large Twitter follower base. If he tweeted the link, it's not outside the realm of imagination that the subsequent voting pattern could have set off some anti-spam mechanism. Of course this is all just speculation; but I think it would be wrong to rush to judgment and conclude that "HN is racist" because of this.
- _pius 16y ago
  Hmmm... I'm not sure exactly how the voting ring stuff works, but I've heard that people can get tripped up by asking large numbers of, say, Twitter followers, to upvote them. Yup, it happened to Yegg recently: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2203599 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2203599 I think it would be wrong to rush to judgment and conclude that "HN is racist" I agree, notwithstanding my previous point.