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it isn't the number of points that determines position on the homepage, it is the number of upvotes per unit of time. once the upvote rate decreases, so does t
by naikrovek 5y ago
it isn't the number of points that determines position on the homepage, it is the number of upvotes per unit of time.
once the upvote rate decreases, so does the story's position.
very explicable.
- geofft 5y agoIt briefly got to #2 but was deduped with other posts from earlier that hadn't gotten many comments. I guess that makes the algorithm count comments relative to the original timestamp and it fell to page two.
- striking 5y agoThe person you're replying to is right, actually (aside from the merging a sibling comment mentions). Twitter links are default downweight by HN.
- colanderman 5y agoWhat @geofft said. Several stories of Near's passing with many comments were on the front page, but got deduped with the oldest which was not on the front page, and did not get bumped up in ranking accordingly.