I am reasonably certain that chucknelson is aware of the technical way a story makes it to the front page. His question then should be read as "how has a sufficient number of users found this noteworthy?"
His question then should be read as "how has a sufficient number of users found this noteworthy?"
Because the HN community as a whole is actually interested in different topics/items than what he personally suspects it is interested in?
Because HN has changed/declined/gone to shit/been overrun with trolls from reddit/fosters a secret voting cabal/etc.?
Really, how many times are this "How did this get on the front page" kinds of questions going to be asked? I'm somewhat shocked those questions/comments don't get downvoted to hell, but then again I guess the HN community as a whole doesn't always feel the same way I do :) I just read what interests me...
