I understand that HN's ranking algorithm isn't 100% disclosed because people post startups here and this forum needs to be a fair environment. I say this to mak

I understand that HN's ranking algorithm isn't 100% disclosed because people post startups here and this forum needs to be a fair environment. I say this to make clear that I do get the security ramifications of revealing too much. But it sounds like you have a bit of understanding when it comes to this topic, which I'm very interested in understanding more about generically speaking. I've always been curious how vote manipulation detection _actually works_, and the kinds of things that can be done to combat vote hacking of various kinds. I say this as someone vaguely considering the idea of making a small HN-like forum at some point (still figuring out the why and how).