[thingsilearned]

Did this get removed from the home page? As I write this it was posted 2 hours ago with 48 points and 73 comments. Should definitely be on the home page. Why are we filtering content like this?

[bryanlarsen]

There's a "controversy filter" that downrates articles with more comments than points.

[m463]

I wonder if the "active" link lets those articles come to the top:

https://news.ycombinator.com/active

[codr7]

Explains a lot, there's no such thing as substance without controversy.

[Smaug123]

Basically false, I think? From the first couple of pages of the top-of-all-time HN posts:

* War stories (e.g. "How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 )

* Anything by ciechanow.ski (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443229 )

* Strange bits of personal whimsy (e.g. "I sell onions on the Internet" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 )

* Neat toys (e.g. 2048, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 )

[codr7]

popularity != substance

[Smaug123]

You might have noticed that I didn't quote upvote figures, and that I omitted a bunch of possible options. I sorted by popularity and then selected ones with substance. (I presume you're not asserting that they have no substance by virtue of the fact that they were popular.)