I will say the mysteriousness of the front page algorithm, the seeming difficulty in getting an interesting story up there, adds to the concerns discussed yesterday about HN being a not so friendly place anymore.
Especially if mystery flags without explanation can sink a story to negative infinity.
In addition, of all the HN stories that showed up in Google Reader this morning, this was the one that seemed most interesting and that I had not seen anywhere else.
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How do you determine what position a story is in?
I will say the mysteriousness of the front page algorithm, the seeming difficulty in getting an interesting story up there, adds to the concerns discussed yesterday about HN being a not so friendly place anymore.
Especially if mystery flags without explanation can sink a story to negative infinity.
In addition, of all the HN stories that showed up in Google Reader this morning, this was the one that seemed most interesting and that I had not seen anywhere else.