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> determined by the algorithm This sentence makes me shiver
by number6 8y ago
> determined by the algorithm
This sentence makes me shiver
- andrewguenther 8y agoWhy?
- wyattpeak 8y agoAll sorting is algorithmic. Sorting by submission order is an algorithm. Regardless, we don't have to speculate since the site is open-source. You can see the sorting algorithm, and a breakdown of it, here[1]. It's just number of votes and time decay. [1] https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...