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I agree this effect exists, but much less than a comparative site like Reddit. One thing HN does well is that a new comment appears at the top of its sub-thread
by nindalf 4y ago
I agree this effect exists, but much less than a comparative site like Reddit. One thing HN does well is that a new comment appears at the top of its sub-thread and stays there if it gets enough upvotes.
This has happened a couple of times with my comments. Once there were at least 200 comments on a hot button issue but my comment rose to the top anyway.
- alkonaut 4y agoI didn't know that. But that I guess makes it even worse for me: I have had many highly upvoted comments, but none that weren't early. So in conclsion then, all my highly rated comments were highly rated because they were early...