of course your comment attracts more upvotes - it's at the top.
replyIt’s at the top because of upvotes. They don’t have an “if simonw: boost” branch in the code.
replythe code is not public, so we can't know. i think it's much more nuanced and certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment, based on factors other than the upvote count - which itself is hidden from us.
reply> the code is not public, so we can't know.
replyI feel like you're making this statement in bad faith, rather than honestly believing the developers of the forum software here have built in a clause to pin simonw's comments to the top.
> certain users' comments might get a preferential treatment
replyThis does not happen. It hasn't even happened when pg made the forum in the first place.
I thought dang explicitly said it does happen? It certainly happens for stories.
replyAttention feeds attention.
replyAttention is ALL You Need.