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few years ago that would be a news

With only 6 points, how does this submission show up at the HN front page? or are the submissions ranking even based on points?

Votes divided by the age in hours to the gravityth power.

Although, the current algorithm is probably slightly different to combat spammers.

i surmise it's the rate at which an article/comment gets points that determines its ranking.