Ask HN: Why did my post disappear?

Your question about patents is currently on the second page of "Ask".

Your more recent question about discussion forums is not dead (only resting). Here is the link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4754843

Generally, submissions which get no traction disappear down the rankings. Your question about forums sparked no response.

Flagging expedites a submission's fall and your question may have been flagged due to the possibility it would be used to for SEO exercises.

Thanks all!

I was wondering if some mysterious moderator had deleted my post due to its nature.

Hackers news is a good forum but I found it a bit disorganized and slow. The link expires when you view a page for too long that is annoying. So I am just curious to see if there is any other more organized online forums that offer similar startups/independents support.

If nobody gives points, reads or comments your post it goes down in the list and disappears, it's not a bug, only the good submissions stay in the front page

Have you looked at the list of your own submissions?

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=dear