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by stickfigure 2875 days ago
this one is doing well compared to the longer in-depth kotaku article

This article rocketed to 180+ points in two hours, yet it's already on the second page and falling fast. Moderator activity? Flagging? Some algorithmic quirk?

Possibly the first article had the same problem. There's enough hidden behavior on HN that I don't think you can trust individual story ranking to express anything about the HN community. Unfortunately, because this is an interesting story.

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> This article rocketed to 180+ points in two hours, yet it's already on the second page and falling fast. Moderator activity? Flagging? Some algorithmic quirk?

Judging from the topic and actual discussion, I would think the flamewar detector, which is algorithmic, but not a quirk.