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Offtopic - I dont understand HN ranking at all. At the time of writing Apple's earnings sits at #10 with 45 points (36 comments) and this one sits at #6 with

• grzm 8y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > "How are stories ranked?" > "The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way." > "Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, and moderator intervention."
  • patorjk 8y ago
    "software which demotes overheated discussions" is pretty noticeable. It seems as soon as a story gets more comments than it has points, it drops like a rock from the front page.
    • larkeith 8y ago
      IMO this is by far one of the best features of HN - discussion quality tends to nosedive on such threads, or more accurately, be buried under unrelated (frequently political, emotionally-charged, and/or low-effort) comments.
      • EduardoBautista 8y ago
        I disagree. Usually they have a lot of comments because they are worth discussing.
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