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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by rameerez on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:11PM (#16662231)
Hey HN! Did I do something wrong? I got a Twitter notification that this reached the frontpage, went to check it and it did, had like 48 upvotes, checked it again a minute after that and it's now buried in "new" with 20 upvotes. First time at HN – sorry if I made some mistake
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by grzm on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:19PM (#16662294)
I believe submissions from Twitter are down-weighted by default. As for changes in the number of votes, I suggest you email the mods via the Contact link in the footer for a definitive answer.
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by rameerez on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:42PM (#16662479)
Just contacted them, thank you for the suggestion!
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by DoreenMichele on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:15PM (#16662265)
That sounds to me like it was probably submitted twice, one got upvoted and then flagged.

As I understand it, you can't downvote posts. So a post should not drop from 48 points to 20.

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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by Swizec on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:27PM (#16662359)
You can flag posts. That counts as a downvote (or more).

If I had to guess, I'd say the submission got heavily penalized for being trollbait. Either by the mods, or by the community.

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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by grzm on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:33PM (#16662404)
Flags affect ranking (which might be what you're getting at), but they don't change the number of votes displayed.
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by rameerez on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:17PM (#16662280)
Might be, but I've only seen my submission + I'm 100% sure I saw this precise post in the frontpage with 40+ upvotes :/
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by DoreenMichele on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:19PM (#16662293)
There is a search function at the bottom of the page. I will suggest you double check.
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by rameerez on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:22PM (#16662320)
Thanks! But yup, searched it and I only see my own submission :/
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by mercer on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:38PM (#16662442)
I wouldn't worry about it too much. I imagine after the many facebook posts these past few days, many people downvote or flag them immediately.
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by sp332 on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:29PM (#16662377)
HN has an aggressive automatic voting ring detector. That might account for the lost votes. But emailing the mods is definitely the right way to find out.
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by rameerez on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:41PM (#16662473)
I didn't do any of that shady stuff, just submitted it and waited. I just wrote the mods, thank you!
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Re:Facebook is storing an updated copy of your phone Contact... by singularity2001 on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:50PM (#16662531)
are you sure that you didn't mistake the 48 for 18?
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