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The creator of the site was on here today posting about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15295146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15295146 Weird s
by carlisle_ 9y ago
The creator of the site was on here today posting about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15295146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15295146
Weird seeing a repost on the website where a lot of the story unfolded on the same day.
- hayksaakian 9y agostrange that that post is also missing from the first page of hacker news, even though it's newer and has more votes than some other content on page 1
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoWhat catches HN at the right time is always a little strange. I submitted the gas pump skimmer article four days before it topped HN and got blogged about heavily on other sites.
- orthoganol 9y agoThe HN algorithm seemingly took it off the front page fast, so no problem by me.
- eighthnate 9y ago> Weird seeing a repost on the website where a lot of the story unfolded on the same day. Not only that, this nytimes story got bumped to #3 within a few minutes with no comments/votes. Does the nytimes pay for preferential treatment of their stories?
- rory096 9y agoMuch more likely, this post got several upvotes quickly because users recognized the story (and its relation to HN) from earlier today. The algorithm heavily rewards early upvotes.
- eighthnate 9y agoOh okay. I'm fairly new to how things work here and unaware of how the algorithm works.
- Girlang 9y agoIt's not like your karma points are worth anything. Why does this bother you?