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Quick newbie question: Does a post require a certain number of points to make it into the RSS feed? I noticed that not all threads from HN make it into my Google Reader subscription...


I think the RSS is the same as the front page based on a casual perusal of the source code:

  (newsop rss () (rsspage nil))

  (newscache rsspage user 90 
    (rss-stories (firstn 25 ranked-stories*)))

  (def gen-topstories ()
    (= ranked-stories* (rank-stories 180 1000 (memo frontpage-rank))))


  (def rank-stories (n consider scorefn)
    (bestn n (compare > scorefn) (recent-stories consider)))


It's probably a fair request to ask for an RSS feed of all stories. I just don't know how many people are interested in that.




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