http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398764 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398764 Key pg quote: "I did recently (about 3 weeks ago) tweak the algorithm f

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398764 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398764 Key pg quote: "I did recently (about 3 weeks ago) tweak the algorithm for ranking comments, and that has had a noticeable effect. Previously it was the same as the one for ranking frontpage stories. Now it also considers among other things the average comment score of the submitter." The thread has some further back and forth as well on this point.