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Interestingly enough this doesn't include Hacker News Classic, one of my favourite frontends: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic https://news.ycombinator.com/

• jedberg 9y ago
  I 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 ago
    From what I can remember, it uses an older ranking system which is less correlated with upvotes/popularity.
    • dang 9y ago
      It 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 ago
        It 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!