Welcome to the job Tom. :-) Could you or Dang please explain, why this post with 118 points and 121 comments in 3 hours, about news of the day highly relevant

Welcome to the job Tom. :-) Could you or Dang please explain, why this post with 118 points and 121 comments in 3 hours, about news of the day highly relevant to anybody in Tech, only shows up on page 18? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43561253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43561253 Just trying to understand the algo...