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Can somebody explain why HN's ranking algorithm has already pushed this submission to the second page? This seems inconsistent with its points, age and level of discussion relative to the articles ranked above. (I'm just asking out of curiosity and have no personal interest in having this post ranked higher or lower.)
Some moderator probably downvoted it.
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You still think this is still primarily a game console? Microsoft is putting all its chips down on the battle for your living room, which is a major front. The fight to be the all-in-one device people buy that replaces their cable box, game console, and media server (and the data being positioned as the provider of that device brings with it) is not a small one. Self-identified "gamers" like yourself, who will probab…
Does the average consumer really want an expensive, gigantic box with huge blower fans to watch Netflix and Hulu - when an Apple TV, Roku, or any coffee grinder with an HDMI port does the job?
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Does the average consumer really want an expensive, gigantic box with huge blower fans to watch Netflix and Hulu - when an Apple TV, Roku, or any coffee grinder with an HDMI port does the job?
The average consumer? Of course. They want as few fiddly bits as possible. They want their stuff to just work.
Can somebody explain why HN's ranking algorithm has already pushed this submission to the second page? This seems inconsistent with its points, age and level of discussion relative to the articles ranked above. (I'm just asking out of curiosity and have no personal interest in having this post ranked higher or lower.)
There's probably something else I don't know about the ranking algorithm though.
Xbox One? That's a rather confusing name since it's the third Xbox.
That didn't stop Apple from naming the newest iPhone the "iPhone 5", despite being the sixth.
To want to call the iPhone 5 iPhone 6 is so insane, I cannot fathom how anyone could come up with this crazy idea.
Can somebody explain why HN's ranking algorithm has already pushed this submission to the second page? This seems inconsistent with its points, age and level of discussion relative to the articles ranked above. (I'm just asking out of curiosity and have no personal interest in having this post ranked higher or lower.)
Some moderator probably downvoted it.
Can somebody explain why HN's ranking algorithm has already pushed this submission to the second page? This seems inconsistent with its points, age and level of discussion relative to the articles ranked above. (I'm just asking out of curiosity and have no personal interest in having this post ranked higher or lower.)
No one can down-vote posts, but posts that require attention (moderator related?) can be flagged to indicate that the link is to something that is outright bad (spam, inflamatory content, false information etc) and if it gets flagged by a lot of people it falls down the front page. There's probably something else I don't know about the ranking algorithm though.
"Practically silent" means my wife will practically force me to buy one, as she (rightfully) complains about the jet engine turbines the launch day 360 uses for fans. I've been holding off buying a dedicated Blu-ray player, so that has some value. Don't care about Kinect, not enough room in the TV room. Don't care about being "connected" as I have enough Skype-enabled, etc. devices around the house. The hard question…
The fan: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one-development-...
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No one can down-vote posts, but posts that require attention (moderator related?) can be flagged to indicate that the link is to something that is outright bad (spam, inflamatory content, false information etc) and if it gets flagged by a lot of people it falls down the front page. There's probably something else I don't know about the ranking algorithm though.
Do users who abuse the flagging feature get penalized?