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Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is t

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

callesgg 5y ago
Lots of people upvoting in the new section. I think that ycombinator sometimes forces up their own links, but that tends to be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups.
- gowld 5y ago
  > be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups. Those are inline ads, impossible to vote or comment on.
  - cma 5y ago
    They should probably add the FTC ad-disclosure tag to those job posts since the companies are financially related. Or maybe they don't have to since they are related?
heratyian 5y ago
maybe if it's about a yc company?
- deleted 5y ago
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timy2shoes 5y ago
I suspect it's because kvogt is an active member of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kvogt https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kvogt. His (long-form) insight into this will be valuable to hear.
president 5y ago
YC people have secret controls in their account!
greatpostman 5y ago
I was thinking the same. YC claims they don’t manipulate rankings, but it’s pretty clear this front page is “curated”
robbomacrae 5y ago
If i recall correctly the Hacker News ranking gives new items a bit of a boost... possibly more-so for some random users, in order to give them a chance at getting some traction. You might be able to find out more here: https://felx.me/2021/08/29/improving-the-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm.html https://felx.me/2021/08/29/improving-the-hacker-news-ranking... https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...
im3w1l 5y ago
The race to get the first self-driving car on the market is pretty interesting.
jonas21 5y ago
Lots of people upvoting it in a short period of time and nobody flagging it? The HN ranking algorithm seems to put a lot of weight into both velocity and flags. A few factors that may have caught people's attention to upvote: it's about an HN company, the author is an HN regular, everything you need to know is in the title, it's written in first-person, and it's a bit unusual for someone to return as CEO.
AlwaysRock 5y ago
People like self driving cars and news about that space.

Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.

callesgg 5y ago

Lots of people upvoting in the new section. I think that ycombinator sometimes forces up their own links, but that tends to be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups.

gowld 5y ago
> be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups. Those are inline ads, impossible to vote or comment on.
- cma 5y ago
  They should probably add the FTC ad-disclosure tag to those job posts since the companies are financially related. Or maybe they don't have to since they are related?

heratyian 5y ago

maybe if it's about a yc company?

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timy2shoes 5y ago

I suspect it's because kvogt is an active member of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kvogt https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kvogt. His (long-form) insight into this will be valuable to hear.

president 5y ago

YC people have secret controls in their account!

greatpostman 5y ago

I was thinking the same. YC claims they don’t manipulate rankings, but it’s pretty clear this front page is “curated”

robbomacrae 5y ago

If i recall correctly the Hacker News ranking gives new items a bit of a boost... possibly more-so for some random users, in order to give them a chance at getting some traction. You might be able to find out more here: https://felx.me/2021/08/29/improving-the-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm.html https://felx.me/2021/08/29/improving-the-hacker-news-ranking... https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...

im3w1l 5y ago

The race to get the first self-driving car on the market is pretty interesting.

jonas21 5y ago

Lots of people upvoting it in a short period of time and nobody flagging it? The HN ranking algorithm seems to put a lot of weight into both velocity and flags. A few factors that may have caught people's attention to upvote: it's about an HN company, the author is an HN regular, everything you need to know is in the title, it's written in first-person, and it's a bit unusual for someone to return as CEO.

AlwaysRock 5y ago

People like self driving cars and news about that space.