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The real question remains unanswered: why is this on the front page?

• nurettin 7y ago
  There is no QC check, it works on votes. I think anything could end up here. Which casts quite a bit of shadow over what has been here.
  • AdmiralAsshat 7y ago
    It does not work entirely on votes. The mods have quite a bit of weight in deciding what gets pushed to the front page. For example, there's an article about gorillas on the front page right now that has exactly 7 points. HN is nowhere near that anemic that 7 votes would be enough to push to the front page on its own. To boot, I once submitted something that went unnoticed. An HN mod then emailed me and said it looked cool, asking me to resubmit it again so that it could get more prominent featuring.