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Something else that I find curious is that this entry vanished from front page for a while, and now it's stuck at the bottom, even though it has twice the points in half the time compared with post number #5 (at the time of writing).

>>xenocr+(OP)
I don't think we need invoke any conspiracies for that; HN's algorithm is ever mysterious. Yesterday a submission of mine hit the front page in 3 seconds with no upvotes.

>>dTal+v9
For those who've made it this far down into the thread but not yet seen dang's reply, it's further upthread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230

>>xenocr+(OP)
That happens once you are flagged or bounced off the front page temporarily. You loose some sort of multiplier and are often placed around spot 15