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It's not like the tech behind Hacker News is what gives it its value. It's because it's associated with Y Combinator. Not sure why they aren't willing to releas
by lucasmullens 9y ago
It's not like the tech behind Hacker News is what gives it its value. It's because it's associated with Y Combinator. Not sure why they aren't willing to release it.
- lwansbrough 9y agoThe ranking algorithm.
- senorjazz 9y agoycombinator is 0% of the value IMO. Interesting news and comments for me
- ethbro 9y ago> and comments Which is to say, the community of users! (You all are awesome... usually)
- krapp 9y agoBecause, for some stupid reason, having your startup or blog post appear on the Hacker News frontpage is a Really Big Deal, and the staff don't want anyone peeking at their algorithms to find ways to game the system. Which means the really interesting problems they have to solve like voting ring detection, spam detection, etc. are the ones they don't want anyone to see their solutions to. Also (personal theory of mine) maybe the code doesn't have the degree of abstraction or separation of concerns necessary to allow open sourcing without also exposing YC business concerns or parts they want to keep secret.