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You can see it on this story. It was in the top 3 on HN as of a few minutes ago and now is already down to #20 on the front page. Although this could also be

by slg 2y ago

You can see it on this story. It was in the top 3 on HN as of a few minutes ago and now is already down to #20 on the front page. Although this could also be potentially blamed on the flamewar detector, but I'm not sure if the specific cause matters in this instance since the primary complaint is the lack of visibility these stories get. It also seems like perihelions's comment likely received some flags as it went from being the top comment to being buried down at the bottom near a bunch of fully flagged comments.

lurk2 2y ago
> You can see it on this story This story is on the front page and stories like it have been on the front page almost every day since last October.
- slg 2y ago
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  - lurk2 2y ago
    > Did you stop reading at the end of that sentence you quoted? I read and ignored it because when I see people making claims like this it sounds conspiratorial. You have been here a while, though, so I’ll assume you know how the rank algorithm works, in which case I would say that the flame war detector you’re describing is the more likely explanation. There were six top-level comments flagged dead when I opened the thread. These kinds of threads hit the front page every day, though, so I don’t get why people act upset that they get flagged when 90% of them don’t belong here.
    - slg 2y ago
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    - rng-concern 2y ago
      2 stories about ICE were in the top 5 yesterday and within 60 minutes one of them was at #80, the other I could no longer find. It might not be a conspiracy but these stories do get removed one way or another.
      - lurk2 2y ago
        They get flagged because they have nothing to do with the forum’s subject. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by slg 2y ago

lurk2 2y ago

> You can see it on this story This story is on the front page and stories like it have been on the front page almost every day since last October.

slg 2y ago
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- lurk2 2y ago
  > Did you stop reading at the end of that sentence you quoted? I read and ignored it because when I see people making claims like this it sounds conspiratorial. You have been here a while, though, so I’ll assume you know how the rank algorithm works, in which case I would say that the flame war detector you’re describing is the more likely explanation. There were six top-level comments flagged dead when I opened the thread. These kinds of threads hit the front page every day, though, so I don’t get why people act upset that they get flagged when 90% of them don’t belong here.
  - slg 2y ago
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  - rng-concern 2y ago
    2 stories about ICE were in the top 5 yesterday and within 60 minutes one of them was at #80, the other I could no longer find. It might not be a conspiracy but these stories do get removed one way or another.
    - lurk2 2y ago
      They get flagged because they have nothing to do with the forum’s subject. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html