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Aren't HN comments sorted in order of popularity by votes? Is the top comment not the highest upvoted? I don't know, but this is what I've always assumed.
by drcube 14y ago
Aren't HN comments sorted in order of popularity by votes? Is the top comment not the highest upvoted?
I don't know, but this is what I've always assumed.
- nitrogen 14y agoLast I heard (and I'm no authority on the subject), HN uses a sorting algorithm that incorporates many variables, including the age of the post, number of upvotes, reputation of the commenter, etc.