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Re:Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over by chychiu on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:34AM (#20674450)
New to Hacker News - Is there a reason why this has disappeared from the front page within minutes? It was on the top of the front page as of 9:02pm AEST (4:02AM PDT).
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Re:Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over by jddj on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:45AM (#20674486)
It may have been gaining far more comments than upvotes for a time?

This is seen as a red flag by the algorithm, as it suggests that the thread is overly controversial.

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Re:Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over by theseadroid on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:25PM (#20676921)
Many people might have flagged it as offtopic of this forum.
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