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Ask PG: What are the rules used on HN for calculating points, karma etc?
HN, though not perfect, provides a good example of a well managed community. It would be nice to learn from you about how HN handles it.
1) What rules/logic you use to calculate points for posts and karmas for users, and what is the rational behind these rules?
2) How do you tackle spam? Who can mark a spam post as [dead]?
3) What different power a user gets after having x number of karma or y days old profile?
- mooism2 15y agoHave you read the FAQ? http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Your first two questions are partially answered there.
- anujkk 15y agoThanks. Yeah, I've read that earlier but forgot about it. Anyway, it answers some of my questions but not all. :)
- ColinWright 15y agoQuestion 1 is answered on the FAQ here: http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Question 2 won't be answered in its entirety, because some of the measures aren't made public. Mostly spam is tackled by people flagging submissions and comments when they are spam, off-topic, or inappropriate. Question 3 includes: * Flagging submissions and comments * Changing your top color * Creating a poll * Down-voting. The last of these currently has a threshold of 500, but can (and will) change. I don't know the current thresholds on the others.