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I believe the points shown are upvotes minus downvotes, but the ratio of upvotes to downvotes probably affects the ranking of a story too.

• labster 10y ago
  Stories can't be downvoted, only flagged. More likely it was lifted by the mods for being a good article, which I think it is.
  • 1337biz 10y ago
    Since when do mods "lift" articles? Is there some evidence for that?
    • fenomas 10y ago
      I don't have a source, but I've seen this referenced before and I don't think it's a secret. Also, IIRC there's a (hidden) modifier based on domains that artificially moves submissions up or down the rankings. Suffice to say that article ranking isn't just a function of time and votes.