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The community keeps HN alive not the point system. I don't really get why there is a point system in the first place... It's not because someone is considered a
by lpgauth 18y ago
The community keeps HN alive not the point system. I don't really get why there is a point system in the first place... It's not because someone is considered as a troll on some subjects that when he post on a topic he know and is right that is post should automatically lower on the page.
- babul 18y agoThe HN points system is an efficient way of filtering articles and comments - valued items quickly reach the top of a page/thread (usually). Even if it is broken in some ways, it is better to have it than not.
- ideamonk 18y agoIt seems the number of comments your post gets and number of visitors your post gets decides what rank and what point your post gets... besides age of the post is also an important factor