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I've often wondered why it is that a 400 comment, 200+ point submission submitted within a few hours sits below a 60 comment, 100 point submission submitted 8 h
by ghshephard 14y ago
I've often wondered why it is that a 400 comment, 200+ point submission submitted within a few hours sits below a 60 comment, 100 point submission submitted 8 hours ago.
I don't know if it's flagging, or user trust - but it's not clear to me that there is a direct relationship between score+age+comments and how high profile a submission is.
- cooldeal 14y agoThat's flagging, and I've noticed happens frequently on posts that are critical of Google or Apple and non-critical of Microsoft/Nokia.
- pc86 14y agoTortoise beating the hare? It's possible the HN algorithm detects a steady, consistent stream of users, an above-average percentage of which upvote something compared a flash-in-the-pan type of posting.