As another European: Negative articles are very quickly flagged after hitting the front page. There have been quiet a few if you use alternative frontends for H

As another European: Negative articles are very quickly flagged after hitting the front page. There have been quiet a few if you use alternative frontends for HN like hckrnews.com and use top 10/top 20/50%. These categories only work for dead links for the last 24h though, sadly... So you'll only notice if you check in every so often. (Because a dead link ceases to get traction, consequently dropping off these lists)