You haven't seen the full effect of the "Controversy Penalty" kick in yet; it'll be coming your way shortly. To quote "A "controversial" story gets severely pen

You haven't seen the full effect of the "Controversy Penalty" kick in yet; it'll be coming your way shortly. To quote "A "controversial" story gets severely penalized after hitting 40 comments." -- http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really-works.html http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really...