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The submission has a lot more comments than points which makes it automatically get "buried" (removed from the top posts) because it indicates potential fightin

The submission has a lot more comments than points which makes it automatically get "buried" (removed from the top posts) because it indicates potential fighting in the comments. Re the karma, I don't belive it's possible for it to go down like that, you may want to email HN to ask them what's going on.

oblib 3y ago
I took your advice and did that. Thank you for the suggestion.
dang 3y ago
That's right. The post set off the flamewar detector.
- tedmiston 3y ago
  Dan - Would you mind sharing a rough threshold for what "sets off the flamewar detector" means? In [1] (unofficial), a rough 1:1 ratio is mentioned. I see that, now, that submission has 31 points and 91 comments, say ~3x comments:points. Flipping through Active, I see plenty of submissions with a ~2x ratio, and the min around ~0.5x and the max around ~2.5x (on hollywood strike, so potentially heated thoughts). [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-war-detector https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-...
  - dredmorbius 3y ago
    40+ comments && comments > votes, according to lore: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25871251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25871251>