My article The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem hit #1 on Hacker News this morning (a first for me)!
Sadly, due to some quirky bugs last week, I’d turned caching off for the first time in 3 years, so my server has tipped over. If you’re having problems reading it, here’s an archived version. http://web.archive.org/web/20170712042021/http://boffosocko.com/2017/07/11/the-facebook-algorithm-mom-problem/