Comment by throwoutway 6 hours ago You cant downvote HN posts (comments you can) 3 comments throwoutway Reply an0malous 6 hours ago They presumably meant that it’s been downranked relative to what you’d expect from a post with that many upvotes in that short of a time frame. Hundreds of upvotes in a few hours is usually a top 5 post _fw 6 hours ago Afaik flagging acts like a super-downvote as far as the algorithm is concerned pranshuchittora 5 hours ago Yes flagging is super downvote
an0malous 6 hours ago They presumably meant that it’s been downranked relative to what you’d expect from a post with that many upvotes in that short of a time frame. Hundreds of upvotes in a few hours is usually a top 5 post
_fw 6 hours ago Afaik flagging acts like a super-downvote as far as the algorithm is concerned pranshuchittora 5 hours ago Yes flagging is super downvote
They presumably meant that it’s been downranked relative to what you’d expect from a post with that many upvotes in that short of a time frame. Hundreds of upvotes in a few hours is usually a top 5 post
Afaik flagging acts like a super-downvote as far as the algorithm is concerned
Yes flagging is super downvote