How the words we teach English language learners changed

KinetiNode 5 hours ago|

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legastenigga 1 hour ago||

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theproblemisyou 4 hours ago||

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delichon 5 hours ago|

At the moment this story has 2 upvotes in a half hour and is in the 8th position on the front page. Apparently HN has a fairy godmother algorithm that randomly promotes posts.

calpaterson 5 hours ago||

That is indeed how it works

https://news.ycombinator.com/pool

But not in this case. It's a slow Sunday afternoon and getting a few upvotes quickly is enough

joshdavham 3 hours ago||

Interesting! I didn't know about the 'pool' section of HN.

Would you mind explaining to us how it works?

mdrachuk 5 hours ago|||

Great work HN team, since it’s indeed an interesting story.

kuboble 5 hours ago|||

I assume it was for 30 minutes in waiting with 0 votes before someone digged it out.

mr_toad 5 hours ago||

Mods might be amused to be described as fairly godmothers.