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Ask PG: Why did Politician Market Disappear from the homepage

19 points by pmarket ↗ HN
A few minutes ago my Politician Market submission was the top item on HN. Now it's on page 2.

Is there a mistake in the ranking algorithm?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3504434

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bgentry
Probably too many people flagged it.
jgrahamc
The most likely explanation is that it was getting flagged by people who didn't like it.
pmarket
Wouldn't that kill the submission, not bury it?
mooism2
Killing takes more flags.
llambda
You should probably email directly rather than post. At least that's been the recommendation in the past.
jeKing
Maybe because it got flagged because this isn't anything really new
mooism2
I wouldn't be surprised if people were flagging it based on the tedious discussion in the comments, tbh.