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At present, I see 29 points on the post, and 39 comments. My understanding of HN's flamewar detector is that having a post with more comments than points is a
by margalabargala 2y ago
At present, I see 29 points on the post, and 39 comments.
My understanding of HN's flamewar detector is that having a post with more comments than points is a strong signal for flamewar.
FWIW this article was on the front page for me regardless.
- spenvo 2y agoWhen the post was pushed off the front page, it had about 5x as many points as comments (here's a screenshot i took shortly before it was pushed down, with 9 points and 2 comments: https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/171/401/042/969/original/f4a3d87bae8fad63.png https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/961/1... ) When it was on Page 4, it kept accruing comments but not as many points. It hasn't been on the front page that I know of besides a 20-minute span, from when the post was ~30 minutes old to ~50 minutes old.