4 ms·

This item has 6 points and is number #6 on Hackernews' homepage. The fuck?

• Maakuth 9y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html see "How are stories ranked?"
  • dang 9y ago
    Right, when the stories on the front page are older that time factor dilutes their high scores, giving lower-score but newer posts an advantage.
    • jaggederest 9y ago
      I think it would be interesting to display the derivative of votes with respect to time, or a Wilson score or something. I assume there are good reasons why you don't, but nonetheless it interests me.