Here is a screenshot page 2 of HN's current stories as of today (May 25th, 2012) 11:00 PM CST:<p>http://i.imgur.com/5u2Q6.png<p>Discussions # 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 56 on page 2 are from several days ago (some even 2+ years old).<p>What kind of ranking algorithm is being applied? Is there some kind of personalization of stories?<p>And here's one as of 11:08 PM CST:<p>http://imgur.com/515ki<p>Was there some switch announced on the purpose of the More link on the HN front page?
I experience it often on the ask page.<p>Since the old threads often have a meaningful number of upvotes and can address topics in which I am interested, sometimes find these threads relevant.<p>It's not a bug, it's not a feature, it's a side effect.
I had noticed that stories where lasting several days in the front page. I thought that some kind of weird traffic plumbeting was happening.<p>It is an old bug or a recent change that caused this?