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What nonsense - it is number 27 on the new list right now.
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#13If someone thinks a given submission is inappropriate for HN they can and will flag it. Flags cause a submission to plummet in the rankings, and just a few flags suffice to send your item down to the 500's or worse, even if you have 5 to 10 votes. Getting 5 to 10 votes quickly is enough to get you to the front page at certain times of day. Once there, more up-votes usually follow. A single flag is enough to make that moot and get you off the front page.
Further, enough flags and your item will be killed with no attention from moderators required.
If someone has decided they don't like you, or don't like the topic on which you regularly post, then it's plausible that they will simply flag everything you submit on reflex.
Having a few active flaggers who are uninterested in your topic of expertise is enough to explain the symptoms you describe. I've seen it happen.
Further, complaints about voting and flagging are the items most certain to get flagged by a specific minority.
Re: Ask HN: Why my posts are removed?
#14If someone thinks a given submission is inappropriate for HN they can and will flag it. Flags cause a submission to plummet in the rankings, and just a few flags suffice to send your item down to the 500's or worse, even if you have 5 to 10 votes. Getting 5 to 10 votes quickly is enough to get you to the front page at certain times of day. Once there, more up-votes usually follow. A single flag is enough to make that…
That may explain it... Thanks.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
What nonsense - it is number 27 on the new list right now.
But is not on "ask" section (was number 1). And has been on main page as well... Same with my other posts.
Why should it be on the front page? The only new (low current score) item on the front page at the moment is the story about the BBC and net neutrality. If that does not continue to pick up votes then it will quickly drop off the front page as well. New items get a very short life - they prove their worth or have to wait for interest to build more slowly.
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#16It is a little bizarre - I find your posts incredibly useful for the mobile space - so why this would get downvoted (if that's the reason) is beyond me.
This is HN. You can't down-vote a post. If you check the submissions list from this user you will see lots of posts - many with respectable scores indicating a good measure of interest. I think this member of our community is upset at not getting continuous front page feature.
You can downvote. Check my post that says that this thread has been removed.
Re: Ask HN: Why my posts are removed?
#17If someone thinks a given submission is inappropriate for HN they can and will flag it. Flags cause a submission to plummet in the rankings, and just a few flags suffice to send your item down to the 500's or worse, even if you have 5 to 10 votes. Getting 5 to 10 votes quickly is enough to get you to the front page at certain times of day. Once there, more up-votes usually follow. A single flag is enough to make that…
Does HN have a "mechanism" for tracking how people flag posts? Like if someone is an active "flagger", but doesn't upvote, does that get noted at all and affect their ratings??
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#18Chris, I didn't see your post but probably would have flagged it as off-topic if I had seen it. I don't think it meets the on-topic criteria posted at http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
In general if it's not hacker-worthy ("gratifies ones intellectual curiosity") or vaguely related to the startup community I'll likely flag it. Your "make money on Android" post was neither IMO. Maybe that's what happened.