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		c22 on Feb 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors Anecdotally I find the largest factors affecting number of upvotes are time of day and how recently the thread has been on the front page.

bjelkeman-again on Feb 23, 2018 | [–]

Comments higher up on the page also get more upvotes. Not everyone reads all of the comments and you get this effect.

BatFastard on Feb 22, 2018 | [–]

dat true!

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