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16 pointsfazlerocks7 comments

@HN: Just trying to understand why this post didn't make it to the global feed? It has accumulated decent upvotes. It's not present on the 2nd page and 3rd page as well.

From the FAQ (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html):

> How are stories ranked?

> The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way.

> Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention.

12 points is really not all that many (fewer than any of those on the front page, anyway—Edit to add: I stand corrected: there's one with 10). I don't know why it's not on the next couple of pages. For the best possible explanation you can reach out to the mods via the Contact link in the footer.

I can understand that sometimes 12 upvotes aren't sufficient to appear on the homepage. But what about 2nd and 3rd page? 12 isn't insufficient for 2nd and 3rd page. :/

When I go to your link I get this:

  Your connection is not secure

  The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security.

  hashnode.com uses security technology that is outdated
  and vulnerable to attack. An attacker could easily reveal
  information which you thought to be safe. The website
  administrator will need to fix the server first before
  you can visit the site.

  Error code: NS_ERROR_NET_INADEQUATE_SECURITY

And Firefox won't let me proceed.

I am not getting any such issues. Can you try cleaning the cache and try again?

Sorry, no difference.

HN's voting ring detector rejected those upvotes as promotional. Looking at the data, I'd say it made the right call.

As the FAQ explains (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html), it's against the rules here to get your friends or teammates to upvote. We want people to vote for a story because they ran across it and personally found it intellectually interesting, not because their friends have something to promote.

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