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I'm still new to HN in general so this is probably a a rather mundane/ignorant comment - apologies - but why is this at the top of HN at the moment? There is n

by eblume 14y ago

I'm still new to HN in general so this is probably a a rather mundane/ignorant comment - apologies - but why is this at the top of HN at the moment? There is no content in this post, no useful points, no specific examples of what is wrong (although there is an example of how to do it right - thanks for that). No call to action other than "Do it better!". I'm not saying it isn't worth talking about, I'm just honestly curious how the HN algorithm works that this has made it to the top. Is freshness so highly weighted?

mbreese 14y ago
Weekends are typically a bit slower, so getting 18 points (upvotes) in 45 minutes is enough to put something near the top of the list. It will likely move down somewhat quickly. But for weekend content, it had enough "content" to matter. Weekday content tends to be more technical. At least, that's my observation over the past few years.