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Most announcements slip through without notice, it only picks up votes when it hits the main page. v1 also took a while to make it to HN, v3 is a complete rewr
by mythz 9mo ago
Most announcements slip through without notice, it only picks up votes when it hits the main page.
v1 also took a while to make it to HN, v3 is a complete rewrite focused on extensibility with a lot more new features.
- digiown 9mo agoThe few people looking at /new on HN are ridiculously overpowered. A few upvotes from them in the few hours will get you to the front page, and just 1-2 downvotes will make your post never see the light of day.
- freedomben 9mo agoYou can't downvote a post, so that's not a factor. Also it's not as powerful as you think. In the past I have spent a lot of time looking at /new, and upvoting stories that I think should be surfaced. The vast majority of them still never hit near the front page. It's a real shame, because some of the best and most relevant submissions don't seem to make it.
- oceansweep 9mo agoYou can absolutely downvote posts. You have to have a certain amount of karma before the option becomes available.
- digiown 9mo agoNo I was wrong. You can't downvote posts. Flags are used instead, apparently.
- freedomben 9mo agoYes, and I will fully agree with you that flags are overpowered. That system does need to be re-worked IMHO.
- nebezb 9mo agofreedomben has 28k karma. I don’t think the downvote button is coming.
- tuhgdetzhh 9mo agoIf you are in a company like e.g. ClickHouse and share a new HN Submission of ClickHouse via the internal Slack to #general, then you easily get enough upvotes for the front page.
- lukan 9mo agoWhat is stopping you from joining those "ridiculously overpowered people"?