Ask HN: Why did a post with 1055 upvotes disappear?

A question for Dang: what happened to his article posted 3 hours ago [0] and which accumulated 1055 points? Why isn't it on the front page?

The link is [1].

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012

[1] https://live-whistleblower-aid.pantheonsite.io/joan-donovan-press-release/

9 points | by java-man 522 days ago

3 comments

mtmail 522 days ago
It got merged with another. The second is is currently #8 on the frontpage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519012 "comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38517550, which has that article, which presumably gives more background."
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- java-man 522 days ago
  Got it, thanks!
  This is weird, however: the upvotes should have migrated as well then, no?
  To the total of ~1260 as of now.
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  - mtmail 522 days ago
    And an automatic redirect would be good. I wouldn't be surprised if merging is the moderator manually editing the database, I don't think it's very sophisticated.
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    - java-man 522 days ago
      or a submenu [other mentions] or [similar] something like that...
skilled 522 days ago
The explanation is in this comment thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38519228
lakomen 521 days ago
Dang is a pos censor is why
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- sgt 519 days ago
  Now now, Mr Lakomen.