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by weird_user 1249 days ago
It's intentional. What's interesting 10 years ago is likely still interesting now.
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What's interesting for ten years is likely really interesting. I often find a better selection of links on the third or fourth page of HN thanks to their algorithms, of stories that have held position for several days. Perhaps these are more evergreen topics than faster rising and falling front page submissions.

EDIT: There is a typo in the word "business".

Only if the content still exists after 10 years. There was a lot of noise back then too, but the irrelevant stuff has been forgotten!

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect