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I still don't get the point of that over a list, like this:

* 22% interest in tech papers

* 21% in Apple advantage

* 16% interest in ...

As a side note, I usually only care for what the top 5 or so things are, and the percentages aren't that important.



Well, percentages aren't even "correct" unless you're saying "percent of total number of points on the front page". Since that total is non-constant, the percentages are almost meaningless. If suddenly someone posts a PG essay, which gets like 800 pts, everything's percentage would drop.

You could, however, just have a list of pts and the titles... but then you get the front page of HN :)




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