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I took “Stripe” out because it wouldn’t appear in “Ask HN”. At first I couldn’t figure out what was going on, since it appeared everywhere else. On a hunch, I f

I took “Stripe” out because it wouldn’t appear in “Ask HN”. At first I couldn’t figure out what was going on, since it appeared everywhere else. On a hunch, I figured maybe HN was silently excluding “Stripe” from Ask HN. As soon as I removed it from the title the submission showed up. To confirm, I also tested the same issue yesterday with another submission to the same effect. With “Stripe” in the title it wouldn’t appear in the “Ask HN” section, when I edited it out it showed up. I deleted my question because I didn’t want to start drama. But since you responded anyway, I will ask: What is the explanation for the above behavior?

dang 5y ago
That had nothing to do with the title. There's a small points threshold before a submission makes it from /newest to /ask. (This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.) Someone happened to upvote the post not long after you edited the title.
- alexmingoia 5y ago
  So why are there posts that have 1 point and no comments in "Ask HN"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30140909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30140909 I had specifically tested this with a post the other day, and deleted it as soon as I saw editing the title made it show up. It had only 1 point, no upvotes. I will not press the issue further. It doesn't matter.
  - dang 5y ago
    Ah, you're right - it's more complicated than I thought. The code that generates /ask doesn't exclude 1-point stories (so the point about there being a threshold isn't strictly accurate). However, it only considers the top 1500 stories in overall ranking. Stories with 1 point soon fall out of the top 1500. What this means is that a story with 1 point may show up on /ask for a little while (most likely just a few seconds), and then will disappear from /ask, unless and until it gets more upvotes. That's why so many of the posts on https://news.ycombinator.com/asknew https://news.ycombinator.com/asknew don't show up on https://news.ycombinator.com/ask https://news.ycombinator.com/ask. It definitely doesn't have to do with title edits, though.
    - alexmingoia 5y ago
      Thank you for clarifying Dan.

dang 5y ago

That had nothing to do with the title. There's a small points threshold before a submission makes it from /newest to /ask. (This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.) Someone happened to upvote the post not long after you edited the title.

alexmingoia 5y ago
So why are there posts that have 1 point and no comments in "Ask HN"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30140909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30140909 I had specifically tested this with a post the other day, and deleted it as soon as I saw editing the title made it show up. It had only 1 point, no upvotes. I will not press the issue further. It doesn't matter.
- dang 5y ago
  Ah, you're right - it's more complicated than I thought. The code that generates /ask doesn't exclude 1-point stories (so the point about there being a threshold isn't strictly accurate). However, it only considers the top 1500 stories in overall ranking. Stories with 1 point soon fall out of the top 1500. What this means is that a story with 1 point may show up on /ask for a little while (most likely just a few seconds), and then will disappear from /ask, unless and until it gets more upvotes. That's why so many of the posts on https://news.ycombinator.com/asknew https://news.ycombinator.com/asknew don't show up on https://news.ycombinator.com/ask https://news.ycombinator.com/ask. It definitely doesn't have to do with title edits, though.
  - alexmingoia 5y ago
    Thank you for clarifying Dan.