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You raised some important points. The threshold of 2 upvotes is a necessary condition to be considered for the front-page (all pages, not just rank 1-30), not
by manx 5y ago
You raised some important points.
The threshold of 2 upvotes is a necessary condition to be considered for the front-page (all pages, not just rank 1-30), not a sufficient one. I have this information from dang himself.
Garbage on the new-page will only be viewed, but never upvoted, so it drops quickly because of the view- and age-penalties in the formula and makes room for other submissions. But of course, this needs real-world experiments.
- jsnell 5y agoThe author's definition of "view" is "click-through". Posts that are obviously not worth clicking through based on the title / domain will get no views, and thus keep getting seeded back into the rotation.
- manx 5y agoNow I understand. You're right, that's a real disadvantage. We'll take that into account in our coming research. Thank you!