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Ask HN posts are so shortlived on the homepage that they might as well not be there. The penalty on an 'Ask HN' reinforces that. They do have their own section
by 0x12 15y ago
Ask HN posts are so shortlived on the homepage that they might as well not be there. The penalty on an 'Ask HN' reinforces that.
They do have their own section but it is far less popular than the homepage.
This effect is so strong that it prompted someone to ask if the 'Ask HN' mechanism is broken somehow:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3018343 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3018343
- mattmanser 15y agoDid you figure this all out in the 24 days you've been registered? Maybe they have been broken recently, but the actually interesting ones still get through.
- 0x12 15y ago> Did you figure this all out in the 24 days you've been registered? No, I did that over the last couple of years.
- Hyena 15y agoWhich is sad. My favorite items here are Ask HN and Show HN.