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Did this get removed from the home page? As I write this it was posted 2 hours ago with 48 points and 73 comments. Should definitely be on the home page. Why
by thingsilearned 1y ago
Did this get removed from the home page? As I write this it was posted 2 hours ago with 48 points and 73 comments. Should definitely be on the home page. Why are we filtering content like this?
- bryanlarsen 1y agoThere's a "controversy filter" that downrates articles with more comments than points.
- codr7 1y agoExplains a lot, there's no such thing as substance without controversy.
- Smaug123 1y agoBasically false, I think? From the first couple of pages of the top-of-all-time HN posts: * War stories (e.g. "How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26296339 ) * Anything by ciechanow.ski (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443229 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42443229 ) * Strange bits of personal whimsy (e.g. "I sell onions on the Internet" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 ) * Neat toys (e.g. 2048, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566 )
- codr7 1y agopopularity != substance
- Smaug123 1y agoYou might have noticed that I didn't quote upvote figures, and that I omitted a bunch of possible options. I sorted by popularity and then selected ones with substance. (I presume you're not asserting that they have no substance by virtue of the fact that they were popular.)
- m463 1y agoI wonder if the "active" link lets those articles come to the top: https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active