I apologize for misunderstanding you. That time stamp effect is probably the second chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com

I apologize for misunderstanding you. That time stamp effect is probably the second chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool). Those submissions get their time stamp mangled because it‘s easier for the ranking algorithm.