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There's no downvote function for stories, so even controversial stories will appear on the front page. The only reason something shouldn't be on the front page
by striking 12y ago
There's no downvote function for stories, so even controversial stories will appear on the front page. The only reason something shouldn't be on the front page is when it's off topic or spam. As long as someone cares about something, it can be on the front page.
- laumars 12y agoThere is no "off topic" on HN since the topic is "anything that interests hackers" and us hackers are not going to up vote anything that isn't interesting.