Comment on PhD TimelineparentComments−sn91yIf it was the trajectory you're talking about, it would have stayed off the front page after you saw it down lower in the ranking.There's a lot of stochastic behavior in the ranking of posts based on when people see them and how many of them upvote or comment. Always has been.−mandmandam1yAh, I thought you were referring to this story as 'the snapshot' and HN as a whole as 'the trajectory'.
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If it was the trajectory you're talking about, it would have stayed off the front page after you saw it down lower in the ranking.
There's a lot of stochastic behavior in the ranking of posts based on when people see them and how many of them upvote or comment. Always has been.
Ah, I thought you were referring to this story as 'the snapshot' and HN as a whole as 'the trajectory'.