If it were I'm the open it would be too obvious how much "management" and curation happens. From artificially boosting some articles to artificially nixing othe

If it were I'm the open it would be too obvious how much "management" and curation happens. From artificially boosting some articles to artificially nixing others, there isn't just 'an algorithm' there is a bunch of human intervention that also happens. HN claims that it is the algorithm 'detecting' and flagging controversial threads but they've never posted their methodology there and it doesn't explain how some posts artificially leap up the rankings. It is common knowledge that hn ask people to resubmit some stories, why is it those stories always hit the front-page the second time around? Hn is a curated news source. It's better for being that way but it is presented as being driven by algorithm. Sometimes it is better not to see the man behind the curtain.