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Is that really how it works? Stories about Uber typically get high comment rates, and I usually see them near the top.
by ebola1717 9y ago
Is that really how it works? Stories about Uber typically get high comment rates, and I usually see them near the top.
- haldean 9y agoI think I remember it being something about the ratio of comments to votes; lots of comments per vote mean that it's controversial, and controversial posts age off faster.
- eridius 9y agoI'm pretty sure this is it. I heard once that if a story has more comments then votes it starts falling, though I don't know if that's accurate.
- Steko 9y agoSadly there's basically zero transparency in flagging vs comments/downvoting penalty. However when a new thread with few comments is artificially low it's almost certainly due to flag abuse. Trends in the topics that tend to get flag abused become obvious over time.