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How does a theme for a framework make it to the front page?

by dplgk 8y ago

corobo 8y ago
People upvote it and the algorithm does the rest
- dplgk 8y ago
  There is something else going on. People submit things that go into oblivion that are much more compelling.
  - ggregoire 8y ago
    Because the flag algorithm works quite well too. You should flag this one if you think it's not newsworthy.
    - ithilglin909 8y ago
      I assume "Show HN" items aren't necessarily news, but just someone showing the community something new that may be of interest. There already appears to be too much flagging around here just because someone doesn't particularly like something. Let's not encourage more.
joeblau 8y ago
Exploit the HN ranking algorithm[1]: (= gravity* 1.8 timebase* 120 front-threshold* 1 nourl-factor* .4 lightweight-factor* .17 gag-factor* .1) (def frontpage-rank (s (o scorefn realscore) (o gravity gravity*)) (* (/ (let base (- (scorefn s) 1) (if (> base 0) (expt base .8) base)) (expt (/ (+ (item-age s) timebase*) 60) gravity)) (if (no (in s!type 'story 'poll)) .8 (blank s!url) nourl-factor* (mem 'bury s!keys) .001 (* (contro-factor s) (if (mem 'gag s!keys) gag-factor* (lightweight s) lightweight-factor* 1))))) [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417
badosu 8y ago
Even though it's not really something intellectually appealing, I was not aware of this and glad that I saw it.
cooperadymas 8y ago
I'm not sure why this would be questioned. On the front page of Hacker News right now we have articles about conservation, witchcraft, the death of an author, the Japanese language, horror and WWI, and ketchup. And this is a relatively tame day. A theme for an extremely popular framework used by many "hackers", created by a fellow HNer and presented as a "Show HN"... this seems exactly in line with the spirit of Hacker News. This is the kind of thing I would expect to see on the front page.
- dplgk 8y ago
  A new theme is created for a framework at about the same rate that mosquitoes reproduce.
ggregoire 8y ago
It was probably posted before the rush hour and reached the front page with only a couple of upvotes.

How does a theme for a framework make it to the front page?

by dplgk 8y ago

How does a theme for a framework make it to the front page?

corobo 8y ago

People upvote it and the algorithm does the rest

dplgk 8y ago
There is something else going on. People submit things that go into oblivion that are much more compelling.
- ggregoire 8y ago
  Because the flag algorithm works quite well too. You should flag this one if you think it's not newsworthy.
  - ithilglin909 8y ago
    I assume "Show HN" items aren't necessarily news, but just someone showing the community something new that may be of interest. There already appears to be too much flagging around here just because someone doesn't particularly like something. Let's not encourage more.

joeblau 8y ago

Exploit the HN ranking algorithm[1]: (= gravity* 1.8 timebase* 120 front-threshold* 1 nourl-factor* .4 lightweight-factor* .17 gag-factor* .1) (def frontpage-rank (s (o scorefn realscore) (o gravity gravity*)) (* (/ (let base (- (scorefn s) 1) (if (> base 0) (expt base .8) base)) (expt (/ (+ (item-age s) timebase*) 60) gravity)) (if (no (in s!type 'story 'poll)) .8 (blank s!url) nourl-factor* (mem 'bury s!keys) .001 (* (contro-factor s) (if (mem 'gag s!keys) gag-factor* (lightweight s) lightweight-factor* 1))))) [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417

badosu 8y ago

Even though it's not really something intellectually appealing, I was not aware of this and glad that I saw it.

cooperadymas 8y ago

I'm not sure why this would be questioned. On the front page of Hacker News right now we have articles about conservation, witchcraft, the death of an author, the Japanese language, horror and WWI, and ketchup. And this is a relatively tame day. A theme for an extremely popular framework used by many "hackers", created by a fellow HNer and presented as a "Show HN"... this seems exactly in line with the spirit of Hacker News. This is the kind of thing I would expect to see on the front page.

dplgk 8y ago
A new theme is created for a framework at about the same rate that mosquitoes reproduce.

ggregoire 8y ago

It was probably posted before the rush hour and reached the front page with only a couple of upvotes.