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This site scrapes Hacker News once every 30 minutes, then sorts according to this formula, with upvotes as positive signals and comments as negative ones. In my
by klenwell 8y ago
This site scrapes Hacker News once every 30 minutes, then sorts according to this formula, with upvotes as positive signals and comments as negative ones. In my experience, the best articles to read on HN are the ones with a high upvote-to-discussion ratio. Mostly because controversial pieces tend to produce a disproportionate number of comments compared to upvotes.
Interesting thesis. The current listing didn't convince me there's any merit to it.
I might check this site out more often if it included the HN front page ranking and a green/red up/down arrow showing the relative diff.
- 07d046 8y agoI've wondered about making the opposite, that is, a view that sorts by controversy. There are quite a few things that get posted here that quickly get votes, quite a few comments, but are soon killed/massively down-ranked by flags. Sometimes it would be interesting to be able to see what these are if you don't see them in the hour or two that they're visible. I know they're often controversial social or political topics and that HN doesn't really want them, but they can still be interesting to look at.