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Ask HN: Why did my post drop 31 spots and fall off the main page?

4 points by relaunched 11y ago

My post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9525234 went from 9th, w/ 6 upvotes at 52 minutes to 40th w/ 7 upvotes at 53 minutes. What causes this type of bounce?

sctb 11y ago
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cmstoken 11y ago
Probably flagged by 1 or 2 users. Flagging can affect the position in an exponential fashion.