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A comment on Ask HN: How often does HN recalculate rankings?.

Re:Ask HN: How often does HN recalculate rankings? by bhartzer on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:16PM (#8516385)
Is it safe to assume that the 'timestamp' is when that item was first submitted to HN, and not when the content was originally posted?
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Re:Ask HN: How often does HN recalculate rankings? by minimaxir on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:31PM (#8516497)
Correct, as that's how the official APIs report it.
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