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of course your comment attracts more upvotes - it's at the top.

• ontouchstart 7mo ago
  Attention feeds attention. Attention is ALL You Need.
• seanhunter 7mo ago
  It’s at the top because of upvotes. They don’t have an “if simonw: boost” branch in the code.
  • ushakov 7mo ago
    the code is not public, so we can't know. i think it's much more nuanced and certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment, based on factors other than the upvote count - which itself is hidden from us.
    • ComplexSystems 7mo ago
      > the code is not public, so we can't know. I feel like you're making this statement in bad faith, rather than honestly believing the developers of the forum software here have built in a clause to pin simonw's comments to the top.
    • satvikpendem 7mo ago
      > certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment This does not happen. It hasn't even happened when pg made the forum in the first place.
      • dcrazy 7mo ago
        I thought dang explicitly said it does happen? It certainly happens for stories.