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This might just be HN's usual (although undocumented) behavior. See [1] for details.
One thing to keep in mind is that more comments is worse for ranking. Less controversial topics that get upvotes but no comments will tend to stay up for longer.
[1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
Yes, another good reason to use something like https://github.com/hnrss/hnrss instead of depending on a (very transitory) front page.
NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.