I&#x27;d appreciate if Dan would chime in, but I think it likely triggered the &quot;Flamewar Detector&quot;.  I think this is based on a ratio of Upvotes to Comments, possibly adjusted by flags, but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s been fully described.<p>This isn&#x27;t a perfect system, as sometimes contentious conversation can be better than non-discussion.   But overall it&#x27;s probably a good to have a temporary throttle until a moderator can make finer grained fixes.