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Instead of pointing to the FAQ, it would be more fair to say that HN is heavily moderated or censored if you prefer. Sometimes a story with 3 points will show
by throwaway4good 5y ago
Instead of pointing to the FAQ, it would be more fair to say that HN is heavily moderated or censored if you prefer.
Sometimes a story with 3 points will show up on the frontpage, sometimes a story with 20 points won't show up anywhere.
The exact mechanism is not obvious for the common users of the board.
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- blurbleblurble 5y agoThis post was at #1 within 20 minutes and stayed on the front page for a few hours before suddenly disappearing. That struck me as really weird. Now I understand that there are some moderator controlled weights. Yes I'm a nerd so I did a little `curl | grep` thing to find it way way down at the end.