We're #1 on Hacker News at the moment!

[bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 28 April 2020 at 14:16:59 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 4/28/20 4:06 AM, Ethan wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 28 April 2020 at 10:47:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/news
>> 
>> I'm certain this is said every time you link to hackernews, 
>> but that front page link very quickly becomes stale for your 
>> intended purpose of illustrating what article is on top.
>> 
>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23005297
>
> I'm with Ethan on this one and I have posted a specific link in 
> the past as well.
>
> If what we fear is true (and I doubt it because the site seems 
> to attract smart people), then Hacker News is wrong. Internet 
> works with specific links.
>
> Ali

The current HN rules state: "Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or 
submissions." I don't know if they've changed the rules over 
time, but it used to mean that if you posted something on a forum 
so that everyone would vote for it, the post would be deleted or 
pushed off the front page.