Might be more because of the source, Buzzfeed. HN seems to penalize some sources pretty heavily these days. Personally I think that's a change for the worse.

Might be more because of the source, Buzzfeed. HN seems to penalize some sources pretty heavily these days. Personally I think that's a change for the worse. I've seen a number of interesting stories with a decent vote/age ratio be buried a number of pages back. For me, it's decreasing the value of visiting the site.