| You might find the guidelines and FAQ useful as well: * https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html * https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html The FAQ includes information about ranking and flagging: > How are stories ranked? > The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way. > Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention. Also, the guidelines request (as 'brudgers points out): > Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Instead, please send it to hn@ycombinator.com. I'd speculate that it was just the normal churn. 'dang and 'sctb have commented many times that they specifically take care on posts that reference YC in some way. |