There is a secret keyword that you can use in comments to "sage" a post – i.e. using a secret keyword in the comments of a post will prevent it from gaining traction in the article scoring algo. I cannot say the keyword here because it would sink this post, but if you look around at some posts you can find it.

Is the word fnord?

Us Gen Z'ers use the implicit (fnord)... we're forcing the adoption of inferential role semantics.

It's actually Hagbard C3line... *but with the correct spelling.

FNords suffer from usually not being seen.

Yes! But now that the post hit the front page, the keyword will not work.

It‘s pretty obvious that the powers in charge can make posts rise and fall at will.

this is want Ryan Breslow was complaining about as well. How his posts again Stripe got de-ranked by HN

You mean the guy that let go of 1/3 of his staff after gross mismanagement? I'm not sure I'd put much weight behind his allegations.

The ranking algorithm is not simply raw points.

check this one ; https://share.getcloudapp.com/xQuwG0K7 it's ranking above this post as well. it's a funny algorithm

valid question!