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Yes it does bury stuff very quickly if it is flagged by sufficient numbers of users. I’m not sure it’s a good thing but it is a thing.
by ximeng 5y ago
Yes it does bury stuff very quickly if it is flagged by sufficient numbers of users. I’m not sure it’s a good thing but it is a thing.
- FillardMillmore 5y agoWell it looks like this one got flagged. But why?
- ximeng 5y agoIt's a black box from an outside perspective, but generally I imagine it's factors such as appearing political or the sort of thing that would be reported in mainstream media (both of which are somewhat discouraged by site guidelines), or being repetitive (there have been a number of articles discussed recently on this topic). This is not a new issue. Here's a discussion on the subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086