Sure. I'm in charge of HN and I don't know how all its systems work.
And there are plenty of other scenarios you could imagine if you wanted to assume good faith.
bufferoverflow
Sorry, I'm not buying that scenario. This is not some obscure internal system.
dangOP
Nevertheless, please assume good faith when commenting here. All our defaults point us in the opposite direction. It takes a conscious effort to counteract that, and the survival of this community depends on it.
And there are plenty of other scenarios you could imagine if you wanted to assume good faith.