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Please don't make speculations like that about HN. I'm pretty sure it's against the rules, and even if it isn't, it doesn't foster good discussions. You can't
by edanm 6y ago
Please don't make speculations like that about HN. I'm pretty sure it's against the rules, and even if it isn't, it doesn't foster good discussions.
You can't always know what is the reason a story is or isn't on the front page. For the record, at the moment, this story is the top story on https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active, which is the main way I personally view HN. So I doubt it's being actively hidden.
- arkadiytehgraet 6y agoPlease do not be that condescending towards me or towards anyone else on HN. I am glad that using obscure viewing option, literally absent from anywhere in the interface, works for you. However, majority of people are using HN via default https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/, and this story is missing from there completely.
- fingerlocks 6y agoIt’s not absent or obscure, it’s at the bottom under “lists”. Also the front page rank is the determined by the number of upvotes divided by time to a low power, times a flagging factor. It’s open sourced.
- dang 6y agoThat's the basic algorithm, but there are quite a few additional factors- see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.
- burfog 6y agoThat document could use a clarification for the "Ask HN or Show HN" section. I didn't see an option to make an "Ask HN or Show HN" in the UI. Do we just add that text manually? Does the software recognize it as special keywords? If so, is it case-sensitive and does it need spaces or a colon?
- dang 6y agoAsk HN is just for text posts (submissions with no URLs). That's stated there. Show HN is explained in the rules that are linked to from the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html ... so it seems like all the information is present? Admittedly in a somewhat cryptic form.