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hacker news has automated algorithms to deprioritise posts it autodetects as "controversial" or "troll bait"

• edjroot 7y ago
  Wow, I didn't know the effect of the deprioritization was so strong. Now I wonder if there's some unofficial HN client that sorts by "controversial" (just like Reddit).
  • yorwba 7y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active (via https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists )
    • blaser-waffle 7y ago
      That's not controversial though, just what is seeing a lot of posts and voting. That could imply it's controversial or trollbait, but not per se.