On: Silicon Valley Is Now Public Enemy No. 1, And We Only Have Ourselves To Blame

[alecco]

How come this story doesn't get above the fold?

23rd and clearly more upvotes than several older stories. Is this a technical issue or a mod issue?

http://i.imgur.com/peD9gk2.png

[vellum → alecco]

Techcrunch is probably one of the sites that gets automatically penalized.

http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really...

[JoshTriplett → alecco]

That's the effect of flagging a story, which I have no doubt many people are doing.