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HN is _not_ a monolithic bulletin board -- the messages on a BBS were never (AFAIK) sorted by 'popularity' and users didn't generally have the power to demote o
by empressplay 2y ago
HN is _not_ a monolithic bulletin board -- the messages on a BBS were never (AFAIK) sorted by 'popularity' and users didn't generally have the power to demote or flag posts.
Although HN's algorithm depends (mostly) on user input for how it presents the posts, it still favours some over others and still runs afoul here. You would need a literal 'most recent' chronological view and HN doesn't have that for comments. It probably should anyway!
@dang We need the option to view comments chronologically, please
- kardos 2y ago> We need the option to view comments chronologically You might like this then: https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/
- philipkglass 2y agoWriting @dang is a no-op. He'll respond if he sees the mention, but there's no alert sent to him. Email hn@ycombinator.com if you want to get his attention. That said, the feature you requested is already implemented but you have to know it is there. Dang mentioned it in a recent comment that I bookmarked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41230703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41230703 To see comments on this story sorted newest-first, change the link to https://news.ycombinator.com/latest?id=41391868 https://news.ycombinator.com/latest?id=41391868 instead of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41391868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41391868
- Majromax 2y ago> HN is _not_ a monolithic bulletin board -- the messages on a BBS were never (AFAIK) sorted by 'popularity' and users didn't generally have the power to demote or flag posts. I don't think the feature was that unknown. Per Wikipedia, the CDA passed in 1996 and Slashdot was created in 1997, and I doubt the latter's moderation/voting system was that unique.