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Re:Lack of sleep alters human gene activity by creativename on Thursday February 28, 2013 @02:11PM (#5300299)
Another mystery of how a story can stay on the front page for hours with one comment while others drop off more quickly with active discussion happening. I know it's been discussed before, but sometimes I'm very confused about the ranking of stories.
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Re:Lack of sleep alters human gene activity by ma2rten on Thursday February 28, 2013 @02:19PM (#5300345)
Number of comments is not important at all, just number of upvotes.

Stories drop of quickly if they get flagged. It also depends on the amount of competition.

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