Comment by falsandtru
1 year ago
If you don't know it could be a bug. Next time I find it, I will report it.
I have heard that sometimes the submission time is reset, such as when returning from the second chance pool. This could also create an unnatural ranking order, so the original time before the reset should be listed as well.
It could certainly be a bug! but it could also be a lot of other things.
Yes, the timestamp munging is an artifact of HN's re-upping system, described at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....
The original times are always available because the modified time is used only on the frontpage and the article's /item page. If you find the article on /from or /submitted, for example, the timestamp will be the original. The two timestamps converge over time.
Can you also list the original times on the front page for consistency in rankings?
Sorry but I don't understand the question.
It's not a competition.