Out of curiosity, does this reset/modify the timestamps of the old posts? I was confused at reading comments from "hours ago" I thought for sure I'd read days ago.
Sorry for the confusion—I know it's weird but the alternative turns out to be even more confusing and we've never figured out how to square that circle!
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Related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49484912
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Out of curiosity, does this reset/modify the timestamps of the old posts? I was confused at reading comments from "hours ago" I thought for sure I'd read days ago.
Yes. The re-upping system is described at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 and links back from there. About the timestamps, there are past explanations here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... I hope that will make sense.
Sorry for the confusion—I know it's weird but the alternative turns out to be even more confusing and we've never figured out how to square that circle!