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Has anyone ever scraped HN and checked number of exclamation points per post and compared to story rank (eg time spent on front page)? On this page there are cu
by nonbel 9y ago
Has anyone ever scraped HN and checked number of exclamation points per post and compared to story rank (eg time spent on front page)? On this page there are currently 6 exclamation points and 5 posts. This seems higher than usual, and actually I have noticed more than usual in ML-related threads before...
Does HN use the rate of exclamation points in their ranking algo?