I asked this same question some time ago and it went nowhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27278175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27278175 > as

I asked this same question some time ago and it went nowhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27278175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27278175 > as of this moment we even have stories with 3 votes in [the front page]. At the same time I've seen some stories go unnoticed with 9 votes in the "new" section.