Re:Ask HN: Did my post get penalized?
by ferrofluid on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:46PM
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It has a lot more upvotes than other posts above it, per hour, and it dropped something like 15 spots instantly.
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Re:Ask HN: Did my post get penalized?
by polyfractal on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:58PM
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It could be buggy too. The "Ask HN" section is chronically messed up, showing low-karma posts from days/weeks ago when there are active, high-karma posts being pushed a few pages under.
Or it could be some over-eager powerful flagger :)
Yeah it has 127 karma and it was just on the front page, I don't think flagging has that much weight
Re:Ask HN: Did my post get penalized?
by mrsebastian on Monday February 06, 2012 @01:52PM
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Depends on who does the flagging, I think. Some flags are, like, an instant 10-spot demote. Some kick it from the 'news' section of the site completely (but still visible in 'newest').
I suspect there's a 'small flag', too, that doesn't drop the post's ranking unless enough small flags are accumulated.
It's all a bit blackboxy :)