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Ask HN: Why did this submission get penalized?
Moments ago, this post[1] was in the Top 10 (30 points in 5 hours). It is now bumped down to the third page. Is there something I need to understand?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7203866
- codezero 13y agoIt's kind of old now, 5 hrs with 30 up votes is sort of stale and it has more comments than up votes so probably got dinged by flame war detector too.
- clarkm 13y agoIf something is controversial and doesn't have very many upvotes, its rank takes a nosedive once it reaches 40 comments.
- ColinWright 13y agoAs others have said, there is a heuristic flame war detector. It seems that a penalty is applied if an item has more than 40 comments, and fewer points than comments. It's actually a good idea, but it has many false positives. That said, if people want to comment on something but don't think it's worth upvoting, maybe it really doesn't belong on the front page.
- mck- 13y agoThanks, learned something new :)