[simonw]

At a guess that's because my comment attracted more up-votes than the other top-level comments in the thread.

I generally try to include something in a comment that's not information already under discussion - in this case that was the link and quote from the original README.

[ushakov]

of course your comment attracts more upvotes - it's at the top.

[seanhunter]

It’s at the top because of upvotes. They don’t have an “if simonw: boost” branch in the code.

[ushakov]

the code is not public, so we can't know. i think it's much more nuanced and certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment, based on factors other than the upvote count - which itself is hidden from us.

[ComplexSystems]

> the code is not public, so we can't know.

I feel like you're making this statement in bad faith, rather than honestly believing the developers of the forum software here have built in a clause to pin simonw's comments to the top.

[satvikpendem]

> certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment

This does not happen. It hasn't even happened when pg made the forum in the first place.

[dcrazy]

I thought dang explicitly said it does happen? It certainly happens for stories.

[ontouchstart]

Attention feeds attention.

Attention is ALL You Need.