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Suspicious that it’s not on the front page.
by ctack 2y ago
Suspicious that it’s not on the front page.
- ctack 2y agoEdit: no disagreement or flagging, just poof, gone. Likely someone knows how to make unwanted conversations go away on platforms like HN.
- cyberlimerence 2y agoIt's because number of comments > number of upvotes, which triggers flamewar detector. > How are stories ranked? Other factors affecting rank include [...] software which demotes overheated discussions, [...]. [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- eitland 2y agoLaat I think I knew anything it took surprisingly few flags and I think people abuse it all the time to get rid of things they personally don't like. And don't like is a broad category.
- kortilla 2y agoThere is absolutely no interesting discussion going on in the comments here. Lots of political flaming and not much else. Upvote to comment ratio is low and people are likely flagging it too because it’s just world news.
- yowlingcat 2y agoI don't think Hacker News is trying to be Reddit.