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by simba-hiiipower 4776 days ago
..i think one of the reasons the thread got so toxic was over the (apparently true) allegations that the post was being heavily flagged - and early on.

according to op (of original thread) it appears that the flagging occurred almost immediately, so the argument that some may be flagging due to the toxic nature of the thread doesn't make much sense to me.
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ColinWright 4776 days ago
According to the record of rankings provided above it was over an hour before it got flagged enough to affect its rank.
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vaultboy21 4776 days ago
its still odd behaviour.. look at any similar post (in terms of age/activity) and you can clearly see that one stands-out as odd. here's one that looks to follow a more typical progression - http://hnrankings.info/5719667/

also from making it near the top [rank 3 / 22:30-22:45] it rapidly fell close to the bottom of the front page [rank 22 / 23:10].. that's a pretty quick decline.

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ColinWright 4776 days ago
This is behavior I've seen before. A rapid rise, staying high in the rankings for a but, then getting a few flags to take it to the bottom of the front page, or the top of the second page. A few more upvotes to get it back on the front page, normal declining with age and/or upvotes intermingled with the occasional flag, then getting hammered.

It's usually on long, unpleasant and angry exchanges that I see this behavior on, and I'm not at all surprised.

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