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was this deprioritized or removed or something? seems very insightful to me

• chimpanzee 3y ago
  Meaning…within HN? Or at large? I’m always a bit confused by the HN algorithm. I think it depends highly on your own points [1], timing of the post, and the rate at which it picks up votes and comments. Those are just guesses though… Topics might matter too, but I don’t see why this would be deprioritized as it isn’t a news items. But it also isnt tech and has a tinge of politics so that doesn’t help This submission, being a digitized book, is also quite a long read, making it more difficult to start a discussion. 1: it could also be that those with many points are likely to have figured out how to maximize their submissions via timing and topic, or they simply submit a lot and therefore rack up points through “brute force”, creating the illusion that points affect submission ranking