> That to me just underscores the need for a more fundamental fix to the way that content appears, as it makes clear that the twentieth time posted this was als

> That to me just underscores the need for a more fundamental fix to the way that content appears, as it makes clear that the twentieth time posted this was also just going to be do poorly again without manual intervention. I agree, there's far too much randomness to HN. The two-tier structure is part of the problem; even with mod boosts, it's frequently the case for a link to fall off /newest with no upvotes, while on another occasion, it'll get +100. I see this all the time when checking my submissions: a link will be submitted 5 times previously over many years, and only 1 will do well - obviously, the link quality hasn't changed, yet the ratings are contradictory.