That isn't a very good sorting measure. It simply means you were the first one to comment. You can game Hacker News currently this way. If there is already c

That isn't a very good sorting measure. It simply means you were the first one to comment. You can game Hacker News currently this way. If there is already comments in a topic, don't start a new thread, instead reply to the top thread no matter what they said. You will get more replies and more votes.