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pvg on Oct 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Open secrets about Hacker News

I don't think it's a minor effect and without quite a bit of active fiddling, the front page would be full of meta, dupes and pitchfork-fetching-exhortations. This even comes up in a mod comment in this very thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29028421

kergonath on Oct 28, 2021 [–]

Interesting perspective, thank you. Though it's more about removing things from the front page than putting there things that people don't want.

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