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Why does HN lie? There are comments in this thread saying they were posted "18 hours ago" (eg from giraffe_lady), but I am positive I read these comments 3 days

• mattmanser 2y ago
  Might be some thread merging, dang sometimes does it, or might be a newish automatic feature I haven't heard about. Oddly, if you search the story name it says it was actually posted 3 days ago, but directs tot his thread: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=evelyn%20waugh&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... You can email them and ask, email's in the faq. They do respond.
• detaro 2y ago
  it's a boost feature, which basically resets the clock for a story (and since the ranking algorithm is influenced by newness a lot, it pushes it back up)
• giraffe_lady 2y ago
  Dang was just proud of me for not calling anyone a coward or heretic in this one and wanted to make sure everyone saw.