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It's 1:1 with comment upvotes, less with submission upvotes (how much less I'm not sure but my observation would peg it around 3:1). Personally I think it shoul
by jgwil2 6y ago
It's 1:1 with comment upvotes, less with submission upvotes (how much less I'm not sure but my observation would peg it around 3:1). Personally I think it should be the other way around as a submission can add a lot more value than a comment.
- dang 6y agoIt's not 1-1 with either comment or submission upvotes. It's more complicated than that, largely for anti-abuse reasons.
- jgwil2 6y agoHah well my two downvotes here and two corresponding lost points say otherwise. But I'll take your word for it.
- alexanderdmitri 6y agoIn a weaker gravity field with a low sample frequency the algorithm does indeed appear 1:1. The complexity arises once a peripheral second gravity field can no longer be ignored or a certain noise threshold is passed. The equation ends up looking something like this: https://slack-files.com/TEGQB8GNS-F01UU5FMKRR-820b186081 https://slack-files.com/TEGQB8GNS-F01UU5FMKRR-820b186081 Once you start thinking about it in terms of the definite integrals of a piecewise function you'll see where the weights would be applied in more extreme situations.
- philipkglass 6y agoI have noticed that a single downvote sometimes counts for -2 rather than -1. Sometimes I'll undo a downvote because I think a comment wasn't bad enough to cost 2 points. I have been trying to spot the pattern behind it for over a year with no luck. Can you explain this or is it secret?