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In theory, yes. In practice I rarely see more than one topic on the front page a day. It's still about popularity among the audience, and of course HN's own alg
by johnnyanmac 2y ago
In theory, yes. In practice I rarely see more than one topic on the front page a day. It's still about popularity among the audience, and of course HN's own algorithms (and dang) tend to do a good job of avoiding multiple like-minded topics being scattered out like Reddit does.
- davidw 2y agoThere is a huge amount of relentless work from 'dang' and others moderating the site. That's a big reason you don't see that stuff.