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Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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492 points storf45 | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.279s | source
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nightowl_games ◴[16 Nov 24 14:56 UTC] No.42156732[source]▶
How is this story not on the front page anymore? 375 comments. Seems like a big story to me.
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npilk ◴[16 Nov 24 16:34 UTC] No.42157240[source]▶
I believe HN's algorithm tends to relatively downrank stories with a high comment-to-upvote ratio, because they are more often flamewars on divisive topics.
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1. yodon ◴[16 Nov 24 18:51 UTC] No.42158281[source]▶
Another major algorithmic down-ranker is vote wars on comments.

If lots of people are upvoting and downvoting the same comments, that's treated as a signal the topic is contentious and people are likely to start behaving badly.

HN is very clear they prioritize good behavior as the long term goal, and they are as a result comfortable having contentious topics fall in the ranking even if everyone involved in the discussion feels the topic is important.