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So uh... I wouldn't normally do this, but this post isn't showing up anymore and so discussion has stopped. Why?

walterbell 5y ago
Story rank dropped from #40 to #250, rather than decaying organically. Perhaps it was flagged by multiple people? http://hnrankings.info/28474997/ http://hnrankings.info/28474997/ Emailing hn@ycombinator.com might help. This topic affects 10's of millions of Americans.
- pokeymcsnatch 5y ago
  I sent a message. I'm really interested in the HN discussion of this.. it's disappointing to see it just drop off the site.
  - FpUser 5y ago
    Probably because someone makes sure that we all follow the proper party line.
    - freemint 5y ago
      Assume good faith
      - FpUser 5y ago
        I normally do. But after spending enough time here I do see a pattern
dang 5y ago
It set off the flamewar detector. It's also a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472856.
- niij 5y ago
  Hi dang, thanks for the hard work. I want to point out this is not a dupe of the "Biden to mandate coronavirus vaccine for federal workers" thread. This thread is talking about private employers with 100 or more employees; not necessarily federal employees.
  - dang 5y ago
    It's the same announcement and therefore the same story. The titles picked different details to emphasize. Of course that affected the threads considerably, which is why I didn't merge them.
    - niij 5y ago
      The private employer story is much more impactful/news-worthy IMO than a federal employee mandate. Also the whitehouse.gov link seems more authoritative than NPRs coverage of it. I understand the need to keep flamewars down, but hiding this thread doesn't feel right to me. Just my 2 cents.
      - dang 5y ago
        I agree - that's why we turned the flamewar detector off and unhid this thread. I probably should have added that to my comment above; I think I assumed everyone reading this would see that it was back on the front page.
        niij 5y ago
        Thanks for doing that! I'd originally commented when it was still pretty new and went back to find it on the frontpage and didn't see it. That's when I originally replied to you. I see it high ranked again.
- lalaland1125 5y ago
  It's not quite a dupe. That was federal workers. This is all employers with over 100 workers.

Story rank dropped from #40 to #250, rather than decaying organically. Perhaps it was flagged by multiple people? http://hnrankings.info/28474997/ http://hnrankings.info/28474997/ Emailing hn@ycombinator.com might help. This topic affects 10's of millions of Americans.

pokeymcsnatch 5y ago
I sent a message. I'm really interested in the HN discussion of this.. it's disappointing to see it just drop off the site.
- FpUser 5y ago
  Probably because someone makes sure that we all follow the proper party line.
  - freemint 5y ago
    Assume good faith
    - FpUser 5y ago
      I normally do. But after spending enough time here I do see a pattern

dang 5y ago

It set off the flamewar detector. It's also a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28472856.

niij 5y ago
Hi dang, thanks for the hard work. I want to point out this is not a dupe of the "Biden to mandate coronavirus vaccine for federal workers" thread. This thread is talking about private employers with 100 or more employees; not necessarily federal employees.
- dang 5y ago
  It's the same announcement and therefore the same story. The titles picked different details to emphasize. Of course that affected the threads considerably, which is why I didn't merge them.
  - niij 5y ago
    The private employer story is much more impactful/news-worthy IMO than a federal employee mandate. Also the whitehouse.gov link seems more authoritative than NPRs coverage of it. I understand the need to keep flamewars down, but hiding this thread doesn't feel right to me. Just my 2 cents.
    - dang 5y ago
      I agree - that's why we turned the flamewar detector off and unhid this thread. I probably should have added that to my comment above; I think I assumed everyone reading this would see that it was back on the front page.
      - niij 5y ago
        Thanks for doing that! I'd originally commented when it was still pretty new and went back to find it on the frontpage and didn't see it. That's when I originally replied to you. I see it high ranked again.
lalaland1125 5y ago
It's not quite a dupe. That was federal workers. This is all employers with over 100 workers.