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It looks like the HN moderators have kicked this out of #1, indeed all the way off the front page, and are starting to do the same with related stories too. We
by _qulr 6y ago
It looks like the HN moderators have kicked this out of #1, indeed all the way off the front page, and are starting to do the same with related stories too.
Welp, it was fun while it lasted (a few hours).
- camhart 6y agoWhy are they doing that?
- _qulr 6y ago"certain stories routinely get tons of upvotes regardless of how good they are for HN—e.g. anything sensational, indignant, or meta. If we didn't have a compensating factor, those stories would dominate the front page every day" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13857086