[alecco]

You can see that right here. First few votes make a submission die or get to the front page. And then it's just momentum.

IMHO, this is detrimental to quality and doesn't fend off bandwagon bias.

[jackchristopher]

I was surprised at how fast the article came up, even with Sivers being HN gold. But I submitted it because I wanted to see how HN would expand on the topic of leading and following.

[alecco]

Oh, I mean HN in general, not this particular submission. I'm even subscribed to Siver's feed. =)