Comment by dang
1 year ago
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.