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IIRC, the mods will periodically boost interesting links that didn’t get very far when originally submitted back up. I’d guess that’s it?

• tutfbhuf 6y ago
  Ah okay so the popularity list of interesting links in HN is not only user driven, as I initially thought (except for rule violations), but also mod driven.
  • sq_ 6y ago
    I’ve seen dang explain it before, although I don’t remember exact details. I think they’ll just give interesting links a bump every now and then if they didn’t get a fair shot for whatever reason.
    • detaro 6y ago
      Here is some links from dang with details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19774614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380
      • tutfbhuf 6y ago
        > We started doing this because it turned out that if you lob a story onto the front page with an old (say "2 days ago") timestamp, the thread will turn into "how is this story on the front page when it was posted 2 days ago". I'm not sure if it's the right approach to edit timestamps, sounds like a hack to me.