alt Hacker NewsI wonder if that's why this post, with more upvotes than a number of the other ones on the front page, has seemingly vanished from it.
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embedding-shape • yesterday at 8:36 PM
The number of comments is way higher than the number of upvotes, which usually gets submissions heavily downranked.
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No, it's the other way around. This post is ranked higher on the frontpage than it would be if it weren't YC-related. (In fact, it probably wouldn't be on the frontpage at all in that case.)
A core principle is that we moderate less, not more, when YC or a YC-funded startup is part of the story. Many past explanations: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...