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Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed?

Posted by kwamenum86 on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Aretha Franklin just died and a story about her reached #1 on HN this morning before being removed (edit: looks like mods revived it and removed this post :D): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17774698

When other celebrities die the post stays up. For example, this story about Anthony Bourdain's death wasn't taken down https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17264376

Aretha Franklin has had a much broader impact on culture (and I say that as a fan of them both) and if a post reaches #1 it's hard to make the case the story isn't relevant to the community.

Why the double standard?

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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by dang on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:00PM (#17777069)
Users flagged it.

HN is a complex system, so I don't think it's possible to come up with a consistent model for it. That's a wild goose chase. I know it can be frustrating (I like Aretha too).

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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by _mnr on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:39AM (#17775596)
It's still on my feed. Second page. Edit: Oh, saw your other comment. Weird.
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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by rhacker on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:37AM (#17775581)
It looks like it's on the second page. Not sure it's actually removed or just not trending?
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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by kwamenum86 on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:38AM (#17775587)
It was previously [dead] - I guess mods revived it
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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by rhacker on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:38AM (#17775591)
Ah, gotcha might have been your post.
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Re:Ask HN: Why was the Aretha Franklin post removed? by dubeye on Thursday August 16, 2018 @11:36AM (#17775564)
Suicide is more unusual?

Mods didn't notice?

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