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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
by 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 agoHere 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.