I just haven't noticed it before, I thought maybe HN was trying some other algorithms and something odd was going on (I didn't think it was interesting or relev

I just haven't noticed it before, I thought maybe HN was trying some other algorithms and something odd was going on (I didn't think it was interesting or relevant to HN - a small step away from digg like "top 10 things you can do with ..."). But thanks for the down votes, will make the digg and reddit refugees feel more at home.