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Wow, why did this fall off the front page? There's no way it wasn't being upvoted sufficiently watching the flurry of initial comments... Was this discussion b
by voodootrucker 6y ago
Wow, why did this fall off the front page? There's no way it wasn't being upvoted sufficiently watching the flurry of initial comments...
Was this discussion blocked? And if so, is there a particular policy it violated? This discussion seems extremely important right now.
@dang can you elaborate?
- Pilfer 6y agoLooks like it triggered the flamewar detector. This usually happens if a post has more comments than votes, and the post did not reach the minimum threshold (40 points).
- voodootrucker 6y agoThanks, I never realized that existed.
- dang 6y agoWe can't answer questions we don't see, and the only reliable way to get a message to us is hn@ycombinator.com. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. I only saw this one randomly. Pilfer got it right. I've turned the penalty off now.