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1. sethba+Xk[view] [source] 2013-11-26 13:51:31
>>jseip+(OP)
I find it really disheartening to learn that any article with "NSA" in the title is pretty severely penalized by HN's algos. This seems like one of the seminal issues of the decade, for this community in particular.
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2. clone1+Zm[view] [source] 2013-11-26 14:11:32
>>sethba+Xk
I think it's more there are SO many NSA articles it tries to make sure only the actually important and good ones get to the front.
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3. at-fat+sN[view] [source] 2013-11-26 17:58:22
>>clone1+Zm
You can apply this logic to several other topics of the day as well. What about bitcoin posts? What about all the Linux/MogoDB posts?

I find it interesting only the NSA articles get penalized. When in reality, you can make the same argument for a host of other topics not getting penalized.

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