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by nateparrott 4283 days ago
Not to suggest any sort of conspiracy, but why is it that this link has (as of 4:21 EDT) 103 points, 43 comments, and was posted one hour ago, and yet is ranked 33rd on the HN homepage — meanwhile, the #1 ranked link, also from an hour ago, has only 20 points? And an 11-hour-old 13-point link is #13? Does it have to do with the poster's karma or recently-joined status, or the linked site? I'm genuinely curious what goes into this ranking.
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Most political stories get down-weighted, and religious flamewars doubly so.
Is it automatic? A function of highly-downvoted comments?
No, but it's getting there.