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Nice! Do you know the decay function that HN uses? I’m curious how long it makes sense to encourage upvotes.
by leshokunin 7y ago
Nice! Do you know the decay function that HN uses? I’m curious how long it makes sense to encourage upvotes.
- anandchowdhary 7y agoYes, the goal I had in mind was to "show off" your upvotes once the cycle is over and not encourage more of them. Similar to Product Hunt's badges [1] which also follows a more strict 1-day product launch cycle. [1] https://blog.producthunt.com/new-feature-add-a-product-hunt-upvote-badge-to-your-website-150fb4840809 https://blog.producthunt.com/new-feature-add-a-product-hunt-...
- leshokunin 7y agoOh I didn’t think of it that way. That’s a good idea