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by DanBC 3962 days ago
It probably got flagged as a dupe. YC and HN keep sayi g that they don't penalise negative stories about YC companies.
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This story hasn't been submitted before. It was ranked #1 for a little while, and promptly was demoted to non-front page. This happens a lot, most people just miss it/forget about it.
> This story hasn't been submitted before

Yes it fucking has.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10064782

This version uses a mobile link. The previous version includes a bunch of URLcruft.

In fact:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10064782

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063756

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063612

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063555

It has had repeated submissions, and one previous submission has over 60 comments. It's probably being flagged as a dupe.

EDIT: Also, NYT has a paywall and some people auto-flag any NYT submission.

Okay, thanks for the proof! I should mention that in most cases the story seems to not have persisted in the top, even though it's a story that likely many HN users would want to discuss.

I wish you hadn't escalated this to usage of profanities, but it's all good.