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I think Apple should have built this a long time ago

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points · traction gained Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 22, 00:18 UTC).

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2d

listed Oct 15, 00:18 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17ListedOct 15, 14:14 UTC · 3 points · 3 comments · 14h after listingOct 16, 14:01 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 38h after listingOct 17, 02:39 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 50h after listingOct 17, 13:13 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 61h after listing
4 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
4points
Comments
Rank in MISC this week
#15of 87 HN
Rank overall this week
#141of 993 HN
Sector hit rate
10.8%9/83 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
3Oct 15, 14:14 UTC
Last reading
4Oct 17, 13:13 UTC
Readings
4over 61h

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