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How do you tell which is the most upvoted comment? Do you see comment scores? I don't.

• cusspvz 10y ago
  I don't have totally sure, but I think the comments are arranged by upvotes.
  • mashlol 10y ago
    I don't think they are, there's often comments at the top that are posted x minutes ago where x < 10. I don't think posts that new could have that many votes. There's probably a weighting factor comparing votes to recency, maybe other factors too.
    • fairpx 10y ago
      Thats my guess as well. Thats why we chose to give it a 48 hour wait, so when the storm has settled, we can pick the top comment.
      • biot 10y ago
        Scores are available via the API... you should use that.
        • fairpx 10y ago
          Perfect. Tnx!
        • 0942v8653 10y ago
          I don't think they are, if you mean this API: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/12372638.json?print=pretty https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/12372638.json?pri... Maybe you could send an email to hn@ycombinator.com