Story seems to be getting flagged and is going down the front page.
Looks like some HN folks with good karma can't stand a Microsoft story that is not super critical and bitching about them. Those stay on the front page for days.
I didn't flag it, but the article is fairly content free. It's just saying they're going to release an update. Well, yes, of course - it's safe to assume Windows developers are still working.
I didn't flag the link or anything (can't even flag if I wanted to, probably not enough 'karma'), but read the article and wondered why it was posted here at all. It pretty much told me nothing except that a Windows 8.1 was coming - doesn't even tell what features to expect.
Are you speculating or do you know it's being flagged? An alternative could be that only people with low karma are voting it up which is what's keeping it from having more staying power.
I think HN uses a weighted Karma system for voting but I don't know for sure. It would make sense to give certain people more weight than others. At least in a primitive way with something like "new user" VS. "trusted user".
Looks like some HN folks with good karma can't stand a Microsoft story that is not super critical and bitching about them. Those stay on the front page for days.
http://i.imgur.com/wFN21wY.png
Even announcements are not spared. Can anyone who flagged this post care to tell us why? I suspect the answer is "lol M$'.