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https://archive.is/4a1oh https://archive.is/4a1oh Curious. 4 minutes, no comments, and this in top-5 here. How ?

• est 6y ago
  if no comments submissions never reache the top how are people going to discover them?
  • tsjq 6y ago
    My point is: if a post gathered enough votes (in 4minutes) to be on top-5, how come there's not a single comment yet? Generally, 4min old posts are found in the new items page.
    • tomhoward 6y ago
      It takes more than 4 minutes to see the article there, read it, come back to HN and write/submit a comment.
• tomhoward 6y ago
  It's not related to comments, it's based on votes and time - i.e., the vote count is downweighted as the time since posting increases. So, a small number of legit votes soon after posting can easily get it to the top of the page, but then if there are no more votes it will drop quickly.