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Just Curious - Why Are Only Some Stories Nofollowed?

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Just Curious - Why Are Only Some Stories Nofollowed?

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I love reading hackernews, but just noticed a Curious quirk. The story links appear to have random nofollow tags assigned to them. In this screenshot, 4 out of 30 homepage links are nofollowed. http://www.img7.com/images/hakckernew.jpg

I'm just wondering if this random or editorially controlled.