For convenience, here's a link to the item in question:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715168
And here's a history of its ranking, clearly showing flags or other penalizing behavior:
http://hnrankings.info/5715168/
I have no skin in this game, I didn't read the item in question, but I am interested in community dynamics.
Now I've had a brief look at it. Speaking purely for myself I find the ensuing thread a deeply unpleasant read. I don't care about the article in question, but I would flag the thread for its unpleasantness. I haven't, I won't, but I can see why others might feel that the entire argument is non-constructive, and that HN would be better off without it.
Just my opinion, of course, which is probably worth as much as you've paid for it.
Added in edit: We're recently learned that HN has a flame-war detector. I'd be unsurprised to learn that this tripped it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5715168
And here's a history of its ranking, clearly showing flags or other penalizing behavior:
http://hnrankings.info/5715168/
I have no skin in this game, I didn't read the item in question, but I am interested in community dynamics.
Now I've had a brief look at it. Speaking purely for myself I find the ensuing thread a deeply unpleasant read. I don't care about the article in question, but I would flag the thread for its unpleasantness. I haven't, I won't, but I can see why others might feel that the entire argument is non-constructive, and that HN would be better off without it.
Just my opinion, of course, which is probably worth as much as you've paid for it.
Added in edit: We're recently learned that HN has a flame-war detector. I'd be unsurprised to learn that this tripped it.