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Honestly I prefer this system. There’s definitely some pseudo curation happening, which I like. Some interesting things I’ve picked up: - If a submission is
by brad0 8y ago
Honestly I prefer this system.
There’s definitely some pseudo curation happening, which I like.
Some interesting things I’ve picked up:
- If a submission is interesting but doesn’t get picked up for whatever reason (posted at the wrong time or there was other big news at the time) mods will get in contact with you and ask you to repost.
- More comments than votes seems to sink the article quickly. It’s generally a controversial topic which isn’t engaging and inspiring in the right way.
- there are a number of mod specific flags other than the above that affect the position of articles. From what I remember reading there’s 6 such flags. Would love to know what they are
I’m guessing the algorithm is a sort based on time * points then modifying it based on hidden flags
- cityhomesteader 8y agoSeems like the antithesis of what a "hacker" news site should be. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoMaybe a new tab of results would be useful, like “discussed” or something. I usually find the posts that generate more comments than votes to be the most valuable and interesting.
- yorwba 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active More options can be found at https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoI'm curious why 'active' (and 'lists' itself) is not in the default tab of options across the top of the page.
- yorwba 8y ago"Lists" is in the footer, together with a bunch of other important links like the site guidelines. Why they're not in the header as well, I have no idea.