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I think it's a significant hidden feature which affects the shape of the community and also how the rewards of making it to the first page are allocated. There'
by Kinnard 11y ago
I think it's a significant hidden feature which affects the shape of the community and also how the rewards of making it to the first page are allocated. There's essentially a class of hn users with more power.
- detaro 11y agoSubmissions can't be downvoted, so entries appearing on the frontpage is not affected. (Ignoring flagging, which admittedly can have a similar effect. I don't remember what the threshold for flagging is, also 500?) EDIT: ... and of course this submission becomes an example for flags as downvotes...
- Kinnard 11y agoApparently you are correct. My bad.