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The repeated posts (any) and the number of up-votes tell me some things: - HN user base is growing - the post is fun, entertaining or technically valid - Int
by crististm 13y ago
The repeated posts (any) and the number of up-votes tell me some things:
- HN user base is growing
- the post is fun, entertaining or technically valid
- Internet is small and we stumble on the same cat pictures
- T-hawk 13y agoPower law distribution. A small percentage of the content gets a large proportion of views and attention, because it's the best content that everyone wants to see. This particular article is probably something like the top 1% of the top 1% of all the internet content about programming.