In the very long discussion[1] about auto-submision 'bots it was suggested[2] that the value of a thread might be better predicted not by its votes, but by vote

In the very long discussion[1] about auto-submision 'bots it was suggested[2] that the value of a thread might be better predicted not by its votes, but by votes divided by number of comments. Expanding on the original rationale given[3], roughly the idea is that low value submissions get lots of votes, but lots of comments as well. Better value submissions get fewer comments, but each person commenting still upvotes it, so the ratio is still high. So qeorge[4], co-founder of Illuminati Karate[5], made this snapshot[6] - the results actually look pretty good. [1] Original thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2386443 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2386443 [2] Original Suggestion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2386658 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2386658 [3] Original rationale: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2387054 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2387054 [4] Author: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=qeorge http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=qeorge [5] http://illuminatikarate.com http://illuminatikarate.com [6] Original pointer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2390239 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2390239