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It received 200+ comments at the time it happened... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397799
by recursivecaveat 1y ago
It received 200+ comments at the time it happened... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397799
- Terr_ 1y agoExposure != Accumulated comments, especially if you aren't counting distinct authors. Dig a little deeper, and you'll see that particular submission ("US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law") was visible on the front page for barely five minutes [0] before something abruptly exiled it to to the end of the second page and a slide into obscurity. In contrast, I randomly picked something from several pages down today that which looks bland with triple-digit comments, and got "A Typology of Candianisms." Turns out that has even more comments (327!) and was visible on the front page for about twenty hours [1]. Quite a difference, isn't it? I'm not against the idea that HN needs to guard its content-mix, but we should not live in denial about it happening. [0] https://hnrankings.info/44397799/ https://hnrankings.info/44397799/ [1] https://hnrankings.info/44515101/ https://hnrankings.info/44515101/