Probably this is why (6 year ago comment from pg on HN ranking algorithm): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

Probably this is why (6 year ago comment from pg on HN ranking algorithm): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013 Oh, you mean why was it submitted & upvoted? Frankly, I never know why any particular story takes off whereas others do not. E.g., First Steve Yegge blog post in 5 years didn't even make 1st page of HN! (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12979108) Guess you'd have to ask everyone who up-voted why they did.