1) Use https://news.ycombinator.com/active, where demotions aren’t applied (at least that’s my understanding). The submission is currently on the front page there.
2) For contacting dang, email hn@ycombinator.com. “@dang” doesn’t do anything.
2) For contacting dang, email hn@ycombinator.com. “@dang” doesn’t do anything.
Looking at /active I can also see articles listed high with very small number of upvotes but with high number of comments.