Seriously mods, this is taking things a little too far.<p>We went from #9 with a vote, submission time, and comment count matching a current top 10 post to all the way to #79 in the matter of a minute. Linked is the screenshot showing just how disproportionate the ratings are.<p>http://imgur.com/g3PdsNL<p>I'm sure some HNers have an idea of how the algorithm works or what went on here. Needless to say I'm very disappointed.
> Seriously mods, this is taking things a little too far.<p>No moderator touched your post. It fell in rank because users flagged it.<p>It's against the HN guidelines to turn questions like this into Ask HN threads. Please don't do that. As the guidelines say, you should email hn@ycombinator.com instead.<p>Also: when a post is flagged, a repost counts as a duplicate. Otherwise flags wouldn't mean anything.
It looks from the comments, <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7985678" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7985678</a>, that mod(s) thought it was a deceptive post that was more like an advert than a story.<p>What technically, or in context of startups, is notable about the site/offer? Perhaps you'd be better blogging about pop.co's setup and submitting that if you want to use HN for promotion.
Hold on folks, it's now #181. It seems as though some form of exponential decay has been enabled by moderators.<p>I'd like to propose formal explanations whenever things like this occur. Accountability should be the name of the game. I want to know who performed the action, what action was performed, and why.
By my manual count, 6 of the 16 comments in the discussion are by you and you are also the person who submitted the piece. I have tried to tell others this and people think I am being a bitch when I do so, but commenting too much in your own submission seems to not be a good idea.<p>I wrote about my own experience/observations here:<p><a href="http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2014/03/so-you-made-front-page.html" rel="nofollow">http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2014/03/so-you-made-...</a><p>Can't be bothered to read it? The main take away is: Submit your piece, allow yourself between one and three GOOD comments, then stfu and let <i>other people</i> talk about your thingamajig.