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There’s also the posts that are marketing for ycombinator backed companies. Launches and stuff that are probably weighted a little higher so they stay on the fr
by weaksauce 6y ago
There’s also the posts that are marketing for ycombinator backed companies. Launches and stuff that are probably weighted a little higher so they stay on the front page longer. And of course selective screening for hiring from the group of people that are usually above average in the first place.
- dang 6y agoLaunch HN posts get placed on the front page automatically. So do job ads. The difference is that Launch HNs are otherwise like regular stories that get upvotes and comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/launches https://news.ycombinator.com/launches https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22launch%20hn%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...