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How did this comment make to the top of HN? The quality is deteriorating...

• melenaboija 5y ago
  This works with votes and flags, the more votes a post or comment of people visiting HN the higher it gets, inverse to flags and some other factors but you will find more detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html About quality I guess is subjective but I would say there are two options here: - use the voting system to accommodate it to your quality standards - don't visit the page
  • bjelkeman-again 5y ago
    Also weekends have had a quite long tradition of having more general interest subjects posted.
    • tarun_anand 5y ago
      Not noticed it but as I said we always have the option to look elsewhere for "hacker" news
      • Jcowell 5y ago
        Yes but we don’t always have the option to see hacker news discussion. I personally invite to see HN’s viewpoints on non-“hacker” topics.
    • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
      Agreed. I like that it feels like days off.
  • tarun_anand 5y ago
    Yes I guess not the place for "hacker" news anymore...
  • WarOnPrivacy 5y ago
    > - use the voting system to accommodate it to your quality standards The downvoting seems increasingly bizarre. I have a post on this page downvoted; I said the post above was reasonable. The reasonable post was correcting me; it brought up a point I had missed.