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A comment on Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by yorwba on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:47PM (#38535998)
They only do so indirectly by influencing what people see and vote on.
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Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by brudgers on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:58AM (#38543942)
What do you think would be the simplest way to put something on the front page, algorithmically?
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Re:Ask HN: Why number of upvotes is much higher these days? by yorwba on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:25PM (#38546873)
Change the timestamp to make it look like it was posted just now, but already has a bunch of upvotes and comments. (This is what the mods to when they give something a second chance.)
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