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Taking arbitrary submissions to the front page manually (without the necessary upvotes from users) and on top of that manipulating the timestamp so it looks lik
by lzooz 4y ago
Taking arbitrary submissions to the front page manually (without the necessary upvotes from users) and on top of that manipulating the timestamp so it looks like the submission is new and got there organically is bad.
- bombcar 4y agoHN already automatically takes some of the new queue and puts it on the front page (there's always a very recent few votes link on any given homepage for a logged in user) - I see no problem with this at all. Adding an * footnoting what was done wouldn't serve much purpose.
- macintux 4y ago“Bad” is subjective. Counter to your expectations, sure, but “bad” seems a bit of a simplistic take.
- coldpie 4y agoNah, I like it. I'm here for interesting news & discussion, not for a demonstration of some voting algorithm.