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My understanding is that there are also algos at work, for example posts that are very young but have many comments fall faster, as a way to negate flame wars.

• grzm 10y ago
  You're right. Forgot about those when I initially commented, and noticed a sibling had already mentioned them so I thought it was gratuitous to update mine.
• wallace_f 10y ago
  Didn't realize this. The information is not readily available here. It should be more transparent at least.