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I was hoping to find all the unlisted URLs some of which I can never remember, like /leaders etc. Interesting nonetheless. There does seem to be some attempts
by oldcynic 9y ago
I was hoping to find all the unlisted URLs some of which I can never remember, like /leaders etc.
Interesting nonetheless.
There does seem to be some attempts to game HN lately that I don't remember in the past - like a recent tendency of some new accounts to ask dozens upon dozens of questions. I can only assume there's some karma gaming behind that.
- lainon 9y ago> I was hoping to find all the unlisted URLs some of which I can never remember, like /leaders etc. https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
- oldcynic 9y agoThanks! That's one I hadn't encountered! :)
- fao_ 9y agoInterestingly enough this doesn't include Hacker News Classic, one of my favourite frontends: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic https://news.ycombinator.com/classic
- jedberg 9y agoI don't understand the difference between this and the regular front page. I can see it has different content, but why? Does it use a larger time factor? It seems like everything there is older, but maybe that's just because it calculates less frequently?
- fao_ 9y agoFrom what I can remember, it uses an older ranking system which is less correlated with upvotes/popularity.
- dang 9y agoIt uses the same ranking system, but only counts votes from very early users. To me the interesting thing is how little it differs from the regular front page, although I think the explanation is disappointingly boring: the main predictor of upvotes—for all users, early or not—is already being on the front page.
- jedberg 9y agoIt sounds like you guys basically left it in as a cross-check to make sure the community isn't deviating too far from the original premise. Very cool. Thanks for the explanation!