Ask HN: How Does HN Work?
I am always surprised to see some stories in the frontpage with less than 10 votes, as of this moment we even have stories with 3 votes in there. At the same time I&#x27;ve seen some stories go unnoticed with 9 votes in the &quot;new&quot; section.<p>My assumption is that some users have enough karma to post directly to the front page, but I wonder how many votes does a story need to get promoted. Is the algorithm documented anywhere or is it secret? Is there more to this than just karma?