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0 pointsndarray1y ago0 comments

Why was the other thread removed? It was #1 on the main page.

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The discussion you are thinking about is neither dead nor flagged. Overly active discussions get downranked automatically:

„Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action.“, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

6274671y ago

so. why not this one?

dredmorbius1y ago

General understanding is that the flamewar detector is triggered when posts exceed 20 comments and total comments exceeds votes:

<https://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-reall...>

It's not perfect, but it really does often correctly identify flamewars. If you feel a post has incorrectly triggered the flamewar detector, email mods at hn@ycombinator.com.

As I write, this thread doesn't trigger the criteria.

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