As best I can tell, you posted it, and then a brand new account replied to it three times in quick succession. This has all the hallmarks of someone submitting

As best I can tell, you posted it, and then a brand new account replied to it three times in quick succession. This has all the hallmarks of someone submitting a "Thing" and then creating a fake account to boost its apparent popularity. It might not have been you, but it follows a familiar pattern that people really, really don't like. So in part I suspect people thought it looked deeply suspicious, flagged the obvious spam replies, then moved on to flag the submission. So if it was you doing that, now you know. If it wasn't you doing it, then you were simply unlucky. EDIT: I've vouched for the original, but I suspect it won't get back onto the "New" page, so it won't get much traffic. At least you have the other submission now, and this one is no longer marked as "[Flagged][Dead]".