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How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)

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  1. VCFundedGenYer · · focus · HN ↗
    This falls apart completely if you’re like me and only see the list presented on brutalist.report which is strictly chronological and with zero algorithms.
    1. perching_aix · · focus · HN ↗
      Indeed, if you go out of your way to circumvent automatic story ranking, the particularities of automatic story ranking no longer affect you...

      A capability available without visiting any third party sites, by the way: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newest">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newest

      I just hope you don&#x27;t believe that somehow this magically allows you to escape bias. A (reverse) chronological sort is still a sort.

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