It's quite funny/interesting that this is higher in HN front page than the news ...

mcintyre1994 · 2025-10-20T13:42:47 1760967767

Not on the real secret front page! https://news.ycombinator.com/active :)

cakeday · 2025-10-20T15:07:56 1760972876

That's informative, I wasn't aware of that way to view HN, thanks.

pknopf · 2025-10-20T14:23:23 1760970203

What does the "active" page sort by?

mcintyre1994 · 2025-10-20T15:06:16 1760972776

According to https://news.ycombinator.com/lists it's "Most active current discussions"

I find that it better surfaces the best discussion when there are multiple threads (like in this example), and it keeps showing slightly older threads for longer when there's still discussion happening.