All sorting is algorithmic. Sorting by submission order is an algorithm. Regardless, we don't have to speculate since the site is open-source. You can see the

All sorting is algorithmic. Sorting by submission order is an algorithm. Regardless, we don't have to speculate since the site is open-source. You can see the sorting algorithm, and a breakdown of it, here[1]. It's just number of votes and time decay. [1] https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...