Ask HN: Erratic HN front page algorithm
7 pointsby 7777777phila month ago2 comments
  • r721a month ago
    1) Flags ("enough flags will strongly reduce the rank of the submission")

    2) Flame-War Detector ("A good rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score.")

    Quotes from here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

    • 7777777phila month ago
      1) But then why would it come back again. 2) Maybe that yes, but then same question as with (1)
      • gus_massa25 days ago
        The main idea is that they are sorted by "upvotes^2/time" or something like that, but there are a lot of automatic and manual penalties, that can be added or removed by the mods.

        (Probably upvotes^1.6/(time+1) , but it may have change from time to time, or not, who knows.)

  • journal25 days ago
    I bet if you saw the source code for how the algorithm really worked and what options admins have behind the scenes, will make you vomit.