I also don't think this is because of new users or anything. This post is ranked 1 on http://news.ycombinator.com/classic http://news.ycombinator.com/classic, w

I also don't think this is because of new users or anything. This post is ranked 1 on http://news.ycombinator.com/classic http://news.ycombinator.com/classic, which supposedly only hosts links upvoted by users who joined HN in the first year.