Indeed, it dropped off the front page several times: http://hnrankings.info/4217596/ http://hnrankings.info/4217596/ (the rank gets updated every 5 minutes, but

Indeed, it dropped off the front page several times: http://hnrankings.info/4217596/ http://hnrankings.info/4217596/ (the rank gets updated every 5 minutes, but at 11:55 and 12:20 there is no data point in the graph.) Compare it with a more typical curve: http://hnrankings.info/4216152/ http://hnrankings.info/4216152/ Article might just be very controversial, with lots of up and downvotes.