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What a difference submission time makes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5419177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5419177

• sdoowpilihp 13y ago
  The relevance of the article has changed, hence the upvotes. The point of the system is to deliver articles, that at any given time, are most relevant to the audience reading them (which is why I would imagine I have not seen many articles about Fortran frameworks or the Princess Diana death on the front page as of late). It's also the reason that articles have a karma decay formula based on time.
  • brittohalloran 13y ago
    His point exactly
  • calinet6 13y ago
    There's also some randomness and stochasticity to the process, and you just have to accept it.