[layer8]

It’s appalling that it is at the top of the front page.

(Edit: At the top of https://news.ycombinator.com/classic, at present.)

[fakedang]

What's the difference between HN normal and classic?

[layer8]

Classic is based on votes from older accounts: https://news.ycombinator.com/lists

It tends to filter out trite topics and lower-quality submissions, though I have the feeling that it has become less effective for that in recent times.