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Re:Show HN: I built FabHomePages so your home can have its o... by bottled_poe on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:41AM (#24339994)
I would guess clicks are a factor
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Re:Show HN: I built FabHomePages so your home can have its o... by Raed667 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @05:48AM (#24340020)
How would HN without JS or a URL minifier/redirector know about clicks?
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Re:Show HN: I built FabHomePages so your home can have its o... by blisseyGo on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:12AM (#24340136)
Not sure about this particular post but for HN, every action is a HTTP GET request to HN (except when you click on the post's website link itself). So the GET request is pretty much the same as the click on HN. This is just my guess though.
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Re:Show HN: I built FabHomePages so your home can have its o... by bestnameever on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:09AM (#24340120)
they may be referring to clicks to this thread.
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