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Sadly the front page is subjected to manual steering from HN mods. This is most likely how we get submissions like this to be successful here. https://drewdeva
by bitcharmer 6y ago
Sadly the front page is subjected to manual steering from HN mods. This is most likely how we get submissions like this to be successful here.
https://drewdevault.com/2017/09/13/Analyzing-HN.html https://drewdevault.com/2017/09/13/Analyzing-HN.html
- detaro 6y agoThe suggestion that this is a post the mods would positively influence is fairly ridiculous.
- bitcharmer 6y agoIf you read carefully, you'll see my comment says: "posts like this" instead of "this post".
- alisonkisk 6y agoIf "like" means "this statement means nothing" then it's best not to write the statement at all.
- dang 6y agoWe actually downweighted this post somewhat. Re "manual steering", that's just another way of saying "moderated" or "curated" (or, some people's favorite, "censored") - no? HN is a curated site and always has been: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20curated&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... We don't tend to boost submissions like the OP though. If you want to see the sort that we do boost, there are lots of examples at https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool and https://news.ycombinator.com/invited https://news.ycombinator.com/invited.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoWhat is listed at /pool? I haven't seen that one. Edit: found it, it's probably the second chance pool: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#second-chance-pool https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#second...