This post is currently #1 on /active and #218 on the front page, sitting right beside 1-5 day old posts. This isn't flagged, and while I know HN tries to downrank posts with a low upvote to comment ratio to prevent flamewars, it getting pushed this far down does start looking a bit like someone is tweaking the dials.
/active has been my front page for quite a while now, I much prefer it to the censorship on the actual frontpage.