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Flamewar detector I think. IIRC HN posts are automatically down-ranked if the ratio of comments to upvotes gets above a certain threshold, because a large numbe
by JoshuaDavid 6y ago
Flamewar detector I think. IIRC HN posts are automatically down-ranked if the ratio of comments to upvotes gets above a certain threshold, because a large number of comments relative to upvotes frequently indicates that there's a flamewar going on in the comments section.
- nkurz 6y ago> Flamewar detector I think. I think the "flamewar" penalty only kicks in when there are more comments than upvotes, which isn't true for this article. Judging by the drops (http://hnrankings.info/23610416/ http://hnrankings.info/23610416/) I wonder if the site might be penalized in some way, so that it decays faster than one would expect. Or perhaps an editorial penalty added specifically for this story, to kick it out of the top spot to make room for a more technical article.
- mundo 6y ago> I think the "flamewar" penalty only kicks in when there are more comments than upvotes I guess that might explain why someone who really dislikes SSC might add a lot of short, repetitive comments in this thread :|