alt Hacker Newsthe code is not public, so we can't know. i think it's much more nuanced and certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment, based on factors other than the upvote count - which itself is hidden from us.
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satvikpendem • yesterday at 8:49 PM
> certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment
This does not happen. It hasn't even happened when pg made the forum in the first place.
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> the code is not public, so we can't know.
I feel like you're making this statement in bad faith, rather than honestly believing the developers of the forum software here have built in a clause to pin simonw's comments to the top.