HN Front Page Flagging

Users express surprise and speculate about why a highly upvoted post suddenly disappeared from the Hacker News front page, often attributing it to flagging, moderation, or penalties.

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Activity Over Time

2006
1
2007
14
2008
66
2009
94
2010
138
2011
193
2012
307
2013
431
2014
356
2015
258
2016
363
2017
332
2018
284
2019
270
2020
368
2021
375
2022
298
2023
370
2024
290
2025
395
2026
50

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Sample Comments

r0m4n0 May 10, 2016 View on HN

Interesting this was banished from the front page. Any insight into why that would happen?

ikeboy Nov 11, 2016 View on HN

This was on the front page but now not on the first six pages. Was it flagged off?

Simulacra Feb 23, 2024 View on HN

Amazing how this gets flagged and falls off the front page…

baylearn May 26, 2020 View on HN

How come this was on the front page an hour ago, but no longer there? Seems it got taken off quite fast.

someuser54541 Jul 22, 2021 View on HN

This was #1 on the front page a minute ago and now isn't in the top 20 pages. What happened?

blindriver Aug 7, 2025 View on HN

It's funny how this dropped off the front page despite the upvotes and activity.

cucumberferity May 26, 2018 View on HN

It's strange this has so many points and comments but almost instantly disappeared from the front page of HN.

Aeolun Jan 22, 2023 View on HN

Huh, 30 minutes ago this was at the top of the front page, and now it’s nr 80? Did it get penalized?

faizmokhtar Dec 14, 2020 View on HN

I find it weird that this post is not in the front page of HN considering the number of points, comments and the time it was posted

timsuchanek Mar 2, 2025 View on HN

Why is this not on the front page anymore?