The FAQ includes information about ranking and flagging:
> How are stories ranked?
> The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way.
> Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention.
Also, the guidelines request (as 'brudgers points out):
> Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Instead, please send it to [email protected].
I'd speculate that it was just the normal churn. 'dang and 'sctb have commented many times that they specifically take care on posts that reference YC in some way.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
* https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
The FAQ includes information about ranking and flagging:
> How are stories ranked?
> The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way.
> Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention.
Also, the guidelines request (as 'brudgers points out):
> Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Instead, please send it to [email protected].
I'd speculate that it was just the normal churn. 'dang and 'sctb have commented many times that they specifically take care on posts that reference YC in some way.