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This is definitely true, but why is this post removed from the front page? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24934192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24
by technoplato 6y ago
This is definitely true, but why is this post removed from the front page? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24934192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24934192
Edit: I'm a moron and it just dropped a bunch suddenly. Was not removed.
- uncoder0 6y agoFrom what I have observed anything even tangentially related the Biden stories gets to the front page quickly and sometimes it sticks there for a few minutes then gets flagged enough to start dropping down the ranks. This one lasted a lot longer on the front page than most have.
- technoplato 6y agoSo two thoughts here. Are they artificially inflated and then deflated to counter act “bot” behavior? OR are they organically inflated and then censored? I just wish I could be a fly on the wall and know. I just can’t believe this would be a damning enough piece to artificially inflate unless there’s a serious game of reverse psychology going on behind the scenes
- CogentHedgehog 6y agoI'd bet on bot-busting or possibly something that de-ranks stuff with political keywords close to the election to avoid spam and noise. Human moderation and content curation is a lot rarer than people think online. Primarily because it takes a lot of labor and and response times tend to be slow compared to how fast things go viral.