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pbhjpbhj
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How do you know how many upvotes a comment has?
drcube
on June 5, 2012
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Aren't HN comments sorted in order of popularity by votes? Is the top comment not the highest upvoted?
I don't know, but this is what I've always assumed.
nitrogen
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Last I heard (and I'm no authority on the subject), HN uses a sorting algorithm that incorporates many variables, including the age of the post, number of upvotes, reputation of the commenter, etc.
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