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Over 500 upvotes in 2 hours and the other discussion has disappeared from the front page. Is it getting flagged off or has it been removed by a mod?
by k-mcgrady 13y ago
Over 500 upvotes in 2 hours and the other discussion has disappeared from the front page. Is it getting flagged off or has it been removed by a mod?
- Uehreka 13y agoIf a post has more comments than upvotes, it gets penalized for being flame bait.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoDidn't know that. There was a lot of discussion going on in that thread so that could be what happened.
- phillmv 13y agoWhich is a hateful policy, in my mind. It in effect says "controversial things are not worth talking about".
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- forgottenpass 13y agoWhich is a hateful policy, in my mind. It in effect says "controversial things are not worth talking about". Hacker News is owned by a venture fund. It's not for talking, the talking is just a thing they have to allow to keep people coming back here. I'll leave the task of discerning the obvious goals of YC to run an off-brand subreddit to the reader.
- cmelbye 13y agoI think the discussion on that link has probably reached a point where it's no longer constructive or useful.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- dang 13y agoI penalized it for reasons I plan to describe in a post.