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Is this the actual HN ranking code? It looks like a demo of a lisp.

• krapp 6y ago
  Hacker News literally is (or began as) pg's demo of Arc Lisp. But Anarki no longer resembles what's running on HN currently.
  • jsf01 6y ago
    Never knew! Thank you. Do you know if the current algorithm is published anywhere or do they keep that under wraps to prevent it from being gamed?
    • krapp 6y ago
      I think dang has mentioned they might consider publishing some of the changes they've made over the years but that it would be difficult to untangle the YC business logic from everything else, and they wouldn't have the time to maintain it. But anything to do with voting, spam detection, ranking etc. though, they definitely keep secret.
• detaro 6y ago
  HN runs an evolved version of said "demo of a lisp". So it's probably not the actual code running anymore, but it is a predecessor.
• minimaxir 6y ago
  dang has mentioned several times the algorithm has evolved over the years.