Ask HN: Why is the RiceDropbox article penalized in the ranking?

28 pointsby throwawayricevor 12 Jahren6 comments

It has 1200+ upvotes in 3 hours and surely should be #1 on the page right now..

3 comments

aspidistravor 12 Jahren

If I remember rightly, discussions that are hostile and contain lots of flaming are penalised.

aalpbalkanvor 12 Jahren

This must be "comments", not "stories" I believe?

[deleted]vor 12 Jahren

throwawayricevor 12 Jahren

seems like right now even this question is already penalized and doesn't make it to the frontpage... feeling sad about HN :(

chompvor 12 Jahren

If this question is penalized, it's rightly so:

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

>Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to [email protected].

JoachimSchippervor 12 Jahren

I flagged it, as I flagged this. I imagine others did likewise.

dangvor 12 Jahren

Your post was killed because many users flagged it. Also, as chomp pointed out, it violated the HN guidelines.

I'm unkilling the post in order to respond.