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kfreds 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for A...

Can someone explain to me how this thread dropped from 20th place, on the first page, to 150th, in the span of an hour? Thank you.

(Ping dang.)

dang 5 months ago [–]

It set off the flamewar detector. I'm guessing the submission got fewer votes because it was a dupe, which affected the ratio of votes to comments.

kfreds 5 months ago | [–]

I see. Thank you for explaining.

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