Sure, but that's not all. Or maybe it is -- who knows. Certainly not you or I, because the only information that is public is the score and the date.

The problem is the opaqueness of it

Which leaves a lot of room for the appearance of capriciousness, and sometimes even (though not so much in this case, this is not nearly that consequential a story) malice.

http://sangaline.com/post/the-stories-that-hacker-news-remov...