[–] blackdogie 7y ago ↗ Because they don’t generate interest ? [–] abhisuri97 7y ago ↗ But they get a number of upvotes (which could be considered a proxy indicator of interest). In some instances the show page top submission has a higher up vote count than most of the front page but still does not show up. [–] cottsak 7y ago ↗ It's not for us mere mortals to try understand the HN home page algorithms .. but there are a couple of lines here https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html [–] Tomte 7y ago ↗ There a few Ask HNs. You can see that the Ask HN page moves much slower.So the upvotes are spread out over a long time, and the ranking algorithm heavily discounts spread-out upvotes.
[–] abhisuri97 7y ago ↗ But they get a number of upvotes (which could be considered a proxy indicator of interest). In some instances the show page top submission has a higher up vote count than most of the front page but still does not show up. [–] cottsak 7y ago ↗ It's not for us mere mortals to try understand the HN home page algorithms .. but there are a couple of lines here https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html [–] Tomte 7y ago ↗ There a few Ask HNs. You can see that the Ask HN page moves much slower.So the upvotes are spread out over a long time, and the ranking algorithm heavily discounts spread-out upvotes.
[–] cottsak 7y ago ↗ It's not for us mere mortals to try understand the HN home page algorithms .. but there are a couple of lines here https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
[–] Tomte 7y ago ↗ There a few Ask HNs. You can see that the Ask HN page moves much slower.So the upvotes are spread out over a long time, and the ranking algorithm heavily discounts spread-out upvotes.
[–] caseyf7 7y ago ↗ Mainly because they are unique so they are not automatically upvoted when duplicates are submitted the way articles are.
[–] gamechangr 7y ago ↗ two reasons:1) top stories are usually very unique or a good debate2) if it worked, people would work together to game the system. [–] random_comment 7y ago ↗ > very uniqueI once read a short article by a journal editor, on the theme of contributors describing their work as 'extremely unique'.Something is either unique or it's not.If anyone knows the article I'm referring to, I'd appreciate a link, I've been trying to find it again for a year or two.
[–] random_comment 7y ago ↗ > very uniqueI once read a short article by a journal editor, on the theme of contributors describing their work as 'extremely unique'.Something is either unique or it's not.If anyone knows the article I'm referring to, I'd appreciate a link, I've been trying to find it again for a year or two.
7 comments
[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 25.5 ms ] threadSo the upvotes are spread out over a long time, and the ranking algorithm heavily discounts spread-out upvotes.
1) top stories are usually very unique or a good debate
2) if it worked, people would work together to game the system.
I once read a short article by a journal editor, on the theme of contributors describing their work as 'extremely unique'.
Something is either unique or it's not.
If anyone knows the article I'm referring to, I'd appreciate a link, I've been trying to find it again for a year or two.