The points shown on a post are misleading. There are other, mostly invisible factors influencing the ranking of all posts, not just Ask HN. You can't even trust

The points shown on a post are misleading. There are other, mostly invisible factors influencing the ranking of all posts, not just Ask HN. You can't even trust the timestamps on posts and comments, because mods occasionally decide to falsify them and make you think you're going crazy by inducing feelings of deja-vu.