A few minutes ago my Politician Market submission was the top item on HN. Now it's on page 2.
Is there a mistake in the ranking algorithm?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3504434
Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
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Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
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Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#3Probably too many people flagged it.
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#4The most likely explanation is that it was getting flagged by people who didn't like it.
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#5You should probably email directly rather than post. At least that's been the recommendation in the past.
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#6Probably the government flagged it.
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#7Maybe because it got flagged because this isn't anything really new
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#8I wouldn't be surprised if people were flagging it based on the tedious discussion in the comments, tbh.
Re: Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage
#9The most likely explanation is that it was getting flagged by people who didn't like it.
Wouldn't that kill the submission, not bury it?