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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by tomp on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:14AM (#20644762)
The current top comment. IIRC it was fluctuating wildly while it was on the front page. After it's gone, comments can get reshuffled, because some people might keep replying/reading/up&downvoting (arguably those with more of a "vested interest" - likely those that disagree with the original article)
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by meheleventyone on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:44AM (#20652107)
The ordering is also not just by score. Newer comments get some time at the top as well and then decay to what I assume is their scored position.
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by SolaceQuantum on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:20AM (#20644821)
Doesn't that provide more evidence that it is not the prevailing majority, then?
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by thetrumanshow on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:39AM (#20645521)
Also, does it suggest that the most engaged HN readers (who come early to topic discussions) have a starkly different opinion to late comers?
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