Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008168 Despite "NSA" being penalized (along with some o

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008168 Despite "NSA" being penalized (along with some other high-volume topics, I believe), there are still regular NSA posts that make it to the front page and get plenty of discussion. For example: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7983124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7983124 (6 days ago) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7989730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7989730 (5 days ago) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7991696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7991696 (4 days ago) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7993472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7993472 (3 days ago) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8008025 (yesterday) Also note that the vast majority of posts on any popular topic do not make it to the HN front page.