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I'm concerned that HN moderators may have down-weighted this post to keep it off the front page. If true, this would make me concerned about soft censorship on
by chmaynard 5y ago
I'm concerned that HN moderators may have down-weighted this post to keep it off the front page. If true, this would make me concerned about soft censorship on this site. What do others think?
- tfehring 5y agoMy understanding is that HN down-weights posts with, loosely speaking, a high ratio of comments to votes because that often signals a controversial and/or flamebaity topic.