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1. tptace+56[view] [source] 2013-01-04 05:34:46
>>muelle+(OP)
Two big reasons people miss:

(a) HN is the front-end and back-end of a bunch of YC business processes.

(b) The voting ring and antispam features rely on obscurity; they are game-able.

The code for older versions of HN is available, but you'd be better off with the code for lobste.rs.

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2. ceol+B6[view] [source] 2013-01-04 05:45:39
>>tptace+56
The voting-ring/anti-spam features don't have to be included in the repository. It might be a big hassle to detangle them from the rest of the codebase, though.
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3. ntaylo+6b[view] [source] 2013-01-04 08:03:17
>>ceol+B6
This is what reddit does
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