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Interesting site. I can't follow the reasoning. How do you think posts are prevented from reaching the front page? Do you claim they did reach front page but we
by ktpsns 6y ago
Interesting site. I can't follow the reasoning. How do you think posts are prevented from reaching the front page? Do you claim they did reach front page but were then ... magically deleted? Or got more downvotes? Or where just [flagged] by the admins?
- curtisblaine 6y agoI track the front page every fixed interval and do a diff. Some of them get pushed off quickly (say < 30 minutes). I also track, secondarily, all the other stories with a lot of points and comments that don't get to the front page.
- curtisblaine 6y agoTo answer your other question: stories are pushed off the front page either by users flagging them or admins manually removing them. In any case, I'm interested in stories with a lot of activity that get thrown off the front page. I often find them insightful and it would be a pity if they were lost.
- wayneftw 6y agoLots of people like me use a different site to see stories. Personally I use hckrnews.com and I'm never even aware that something fell off the front page. Anyway, I think it's fine for admins to want us to give a topic a rest the day after a long and contentious thread. I don't think there's any kind of conspiracy here. The only reason I use a different site to see the list of stories is that it's a stable list (the posts never get re-ordered) and overall just a better UX with filtering and infinite scrolling that actually works well.
- curtisblaine 6y ago> I don't think there's any kind of conspiracy here. Me neither. I just find stories that are pushed off more interesting than average, especially in the comments section.