[mdasen]

I don't mean to be too meta, but did anyone else notice this article dropping from #1 to #19 in a matter of minutes? It feels like one of the powers that be is trying to censor the article. I know that the ranking algorithm isn't directly tied to points and time, but there's an article an hour older with only 31 points (vs over 130) that's in position 5: http://i.imgur.com/RBLM2K7.png.

[wpietri]

There is also flagging, which allows people to artificially force articles down.

It happens all the time on sexism-in-tech articles.

[slg]

This is completely off the front page now. On a quick count, there are now 11 articles that are on the front page that are all older, have less points, and have less comments than this post. I would be pretty curious to hear an explanation.