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by hyperific
844 days ago
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It's two separate questions really. 1. How can a post with 9 upvotes and 1 comment be number 1 on HN 2. How can a post with so few metrics of engagement be hugged to death. The first is likely due to the late hour - time is a factor in the HN algorithm and with fewer people interacting with content the bar for getting the number 1 spot is much lower. The second is probably attributable to the myriad clients using the HN API to scrape content from links shared here or the likely large population of HN users who engage with content but neither comment nor upvote. |
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