Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by flukus on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:52PM
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HN will down rank anything getting a lot of comments, I think votes might be factored in as well. It kills a lot of good topics and often allows astro turfing accounts to kill them.
Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by code_duck on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:00PM
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Every time I make a comment that garners a large number of replies, moderators 'detach' it from the article, which I suppose leaves it in some Netherworld where it can only be accessed from members' profiles. I'm not sure what the point of that is.
Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by incompatible on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:59PM
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Maybe they are just falling off the first page of the article's comments. Try the "more" link at the bottom.
Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by code_duck on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:39PM
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No. I'm referring to a moderator making a statement 'this has been detached', not some misunderstanding or confusion I'm having. You can find it on my profile recently.
Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by incompatible on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:22PM
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I see what you mean https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22512003. Considered off-topic maybe?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22550623
Now this post has inevitably been downranked as well. I'm setting up a HN downranking-watch site right now ;-)
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