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Even for 2008 cutoff, the classic ranking is still remarkably similar to the main ranking. (Which stupefies me.) So why bother tuning it to be even more simila

• jerrre 6y ago
  the likely cause of similarity is the "classic" users browse (and vote based on) the regular front page
• monsieurbanana 6y ago
  There's nothing surprising to the ranking being similar. Old accounts don't use classic, they use the normal HN homepage like everybody else. Which means, they see the same top links as everybody else, and upvote them, like everybody else. In other words, /classic is remarkably useless. It might have been useful when it was created (11 years ago!), if a sizeable part of those old accounts would use /classic, and only /classic.
  • Terretta 6y ago
    I use /classic, slightly less dross. It’s gotten gradually less different through time, perhaps something to the point that others may not be using it.
• oblio 6y ago
  > Which stupefies me. You're surprised that the general tech population is remarkably similar to the elite tech population? :-p