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Upload time of day is also important
by Just1689 9y ago
Upload time of day is also important
- vacri 9y agoAlso if it doesn't make it to the front page, it's hardly seen at all.
- vog 9y agoIn that respect, news aggregators are remarkably similar to growth-based startups.
- _0ffh 9y agoYup, I think an article needs to get over a certain threshold before it even stands a chance to collect lots of points. Having a couple of early upvotes helps an article get over that first hump.
- mirimir 9y agoI've read that all posts make it to the front page. But they don't stay there very long, unless they get enough upvotes quickly enough. But if they get too many upvotes too quickly, with few comments, they get kicked off the front page.
- dTal 9y agoI've read the converse, that a comment without a vote harms a story's ranking. I'm certain there's something (unintentionally) perverse in the ranking system, but as it's secret it's impossible to say for sure. Secret rules that manipulate our behaviour are damaging.
- mirimir 9y agoI may have misremembered. Whichever it was, I believe that the intent was to discourage low-quality discussion.