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The average is calculated by taking your most recent 50 comments, dropping the first five, dropping the max, and averaging the rest. Yours is currently 7.14 (it
by zck 16y ago
The average is calculated by taking your most recent 50 comments, dropping the first five, dropping the max, and averaging the rest. Yours is currently 7.14 (it's in your profile), a very high average. For comparison, of the 100 people on the leaderboard, there are only nine with a higher average.
- cubicle67 16y agoah, that explains why a few days ago mine dropped from 8.x to 5.07 overnight. I just assumed the algorithm had been tweaked.
- AgentConundrum 16y agoSlightly off topic, but do you have any idea how often the average is recalculated? I only ask because I've noticed that my average hasn't changed since it appeared in the top bar, yet I've doubled my total karma in the last two weeks. Based on the formula you just gave, my average should be 3.27, but it still shows 2.55. I realize it's a bit of a meaningless metric, but it's something I've been idly pondering for a few days.
- dwwoelfel 16y agoA search at searchyc.com turned up: "There's a background process that runs every 45 seconds and picks a random loaded user to update the average of. Empirically, not more than every couple days, at best." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1875738 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1875738