[chychiu]

New to Hacker News - Is there a reason why this has disappeared from the front page within minutes? It was on the top of the front page as of 9:02pm AEST (4:02AM PDT).

[jddj]

It may have been gaining far more comments than upvotes for a time?

This is seen as a red flag by the algorithm, as it suggests that the thread is overly controversial.

[theseadroid]

Many people might have flagged it as offtopic of this forum.