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Ask HN: Why did a post with 1055 upvotes disappear?

9 points by java-man ↗ HN
A question for Dang: what happened to his article posted 3 hours ago [0] and which accumulated 1055 points? Why isn't it on the front page?

The link is [1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012

[1] https://live-whistleblower-aid.pantheonsite.io/joan-donovan-press-release/

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mtmail
It got merged with another. The second is is currently #8 on the frontpage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012 "comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38517550, which has that article, which presumably gives more background."
java-man
Got it, thanks!

This is weird, however: the upvotes should have migrated as well then, no?

To the total of ~1260 as of now.

mtmail
And an automatic redirect would be good. I wouldn't be surprised if merging is the moderator manually editing the database, I don't think it's very sophisticated.
java-man
or a submenu [other mentions] or [similar] something like that...
lakomen
Dang is a pos censor is why
sgt
Now now, Mr Lakomen.