Ask HN: Why my Ask HN is gone?

3 points by speeder 13y ago ↗ HN

I made a Ask HN post, that got 7 points and about 10 replies in 20 minutes and then poof, it was gone from the "ask" list.

Why?

I think it maybe has to do with flagging, so I throw a second question: how flagging actually work?

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tverlinden 13y ago ↗

It's still on the list, at #363 as of this posting.

It can also still be reached here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5160680

As to why it's so low on the list, I'm not sure.

L4mppu 13y ago ↗

Ask section seems to keep same few post on top for long time and just barely show others.

meric 13y ago ↗

I think you got flagged for "humblebragging".

[deleted] 13y ago ↗

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xijuan 13y ago ↗

I feel that the Ask section has been changed recently. Sometimes a very very old post will suddenly be on the front Ask page. Sometimes, an Ask post never gets to the Ask section and this happened to me once. There was one day when I couldn't comment on many of the Ask posts. I was going to ask a similar question as yours.

xijuan 13y ago ↗

I can no longer find this post now on the front "Ask" page..It is so weird.