As someone who had a recent highly upvoted micro-fad submission (FreeBSD): I was not involved in coordinated HN ranking manipulation, but it was also not coinci

As someone who had a recent highly upvoted micro-fad submission (FreeBSD): I was not involved in coordinated HN ranking manipulation, but it was also not coincidence. The recent $1m contribution to the FreeBSD foundation had me looking into FreeBSD again, when I found a nice presentation of Jordan Hubbard, which topped at #1. Probably my contribution lead somebody else to post a Ask HN about comparing FreeBSD to Linux. I think this is how it often works - a popular submission raises interest, newly-interested people find more bits and submit them. At some point (as happened with Go), something gets so much momentum that it often tops Hackernews for a long period.