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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.

by 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