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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 le
by 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.