... which, anecdotally, I learned about JUST after getting a comment on there. Imagine my surprise at learning about this (in a manner totally unrelated to the post I wrote that made it to the list), and seeing my own writing as the most recent item on the list.
Not at present. The links aragonite mentioned all exist, but are determined by upvotes. The /highlights page (for comments) is a manually curated list. But if anyone sees a comment that's good enough to be on /highlights, please let us know at hn@ycombinator.com. We don't want to be the only ones finding these things!
... which, anecdotally, I learned about JUST after getting a comment on there. Imagine my surprise at learning about this (in a manner totally unrelated to the post I wrote that made it to the list), and seeing my own writing as the most recent item on the list.
Truman show vibes for sure.