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5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second
by trotsky 13y ago
5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second page that's user flagging.
- stagas 13y agoThat's interesting. Can we have background information for these "moderators" that are given these god like abilities? We need to know who's deciding what we should be reading or not.
- trotsky 13y agopretty sure it's anyone thats a yc alum
- chc 13y agoNobody's deciding what you should be reading. They're just deciding what gets top billing on Hacker News. I'm pretty sure none of the moderators believe the top stories on Hacker News are the only things worth reading. Hacker News is meant to be tightly focused on certain areas, so other things (e.g. politics) get buried whether you should read them or not.
- recoiledsnake 13y agoThe HN Rankings graph does show a slower decline, so my best guess is that it was flagging. http://hnrankings.info/5523672/ http://hnrankings.info/5523672/
- stagas 13y agoAwesome tool! I had the impression it was less than that, but our mind can play these tricks. It seems a bit steep though, I'll compare it with other stories and see if I can find a correlation.