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Replay the front page without filling gaps.

Step through returned ranks 1–30 one exact snapshot at a time. The clock moves only to real captures; missing intervals remain missing.

Loading the exact capture index

Move through observations, never estimates.

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Keyboard: Tab enters each repeated story group. Use arrow keys to move through records; Enter activates the current discussion link or trajectory action.

Every mark is a real capture.

Waiting for a captured day

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Stories at this capture

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    Score and comments at this tick

    Position encoded by rank

    Waiting for an exact snapshot.

    Every captured row

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    Every story in the selected top-30 capture with exact rank, score, comments, and previous-tick movement
    RankStoryDomainScoreCommentsRank movementScore ΔComment Δ

    Compare complete observed trajectories.

    Select stories from the rank field above. Every chart uses the same absolute UTC window and breaks its line at recorded capture gaps.

    Preparing exact story trajectories.

    Observed rank trajectories

    Rank 1 is strongest

    Select a story to compare its exact rank observations.

    Observed score

    Square-root scale

    Select a story to compare its stored score observations.

    Observed comments

    Square-root scale

    Select a story to compare its stored comment observations.

    Observed segments and gaps

    Absolute UTC

    Select a story to inspect exactly where its trajectory is continuous and where it breaks.

    Cohort: up to three selected top-30 storiesTime: absolute UTC observationsLines: only inside baked capture segmentsMissing intervals: never connected or filled

    Every selected observation

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    Every exact rank, score, and comment observation for each selected story, with its capture segment
    StoryObserved UTCSegmentRankScoreCommentsSince prior point

    Time advances only when the poller observed it.

    Cohort: returned rows within official ranks 1–30Time: exact UTC capture timestampsValues: stored score and descendant countsGap rule: intervals over 20 minutes stay discontinuous

    Source files are the static ranking-capture archive baked from the repository’s observations. Playback never interpolates rank, score, comments, presence, or crossing time.