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Re:Ask HN: What does the percentage next to posts mean? by jerrac on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:23PM (#10101237)
No idea, but I'm guessing the percentage of votes that positive. Or something related to that.
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Re:Ask HN: What does the percentage next to posts mean? by fimoreth on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:25PM (#10101242)
That's what I was thinking as well. I refreshed the page repeatedly and saw the percentage fluctuate as the score only went up.

Not exactly a foolproof test though. I think you're probably still right.

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Re:Ask HN: What does the percentage next to posts mean? by 0942v8653 on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:24PM (#10101241)
Stories cannot be downvoted, no matter how much karma you have.
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Re:Ask HN: What does the percentage next to posts mean? by rev_bird on Friday August 21, 2015 @10:29PM (#10101266)
A TWIST! Now I have no idea what these could be.
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