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A big factor of the ranking algorithm is related to the number of comments; as the number increases, the ranking of the article goes down. This is intended to p
by gervase 9y ago
A big factor of the ranking algorithm is related to the number of comments; as the number increases, the ranking of the article goes down. This is intended to penalize controversial articles that may result in flame wars.
This article has <200 comments, while the other one has >400; this is likely a significant factor in the falling ranking, in addition to the age.
I also believe that upvote velocity is weighted more heavily than upvote quantity, but I could be wrong there.
- kenjackson 9y agoThe comment algorithm seems backwards. I hope HN at least does sentiment analysis to see if the flavor of the comments tends toward being negative before downgrading the post.