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I'd hate to see a Reddit-esque "fuzz" algorithm used here. IMO, the various hacks applied by Reddit do nothing but confuse people (who then waste bandwidth com
by CamperBob 15y ago
I'd hate to see a Reddit-esque "fuzz" algorithm used here. IMO, the various hacks applied by Reddit do nothing but confuse people (who then waste bandwidth complaining about being "downvoted") and deny useful feedback to commenters who actually care about their scores.
- JonnieCache 15y agoHN already has this kind of thing, but it doesn't affect the scores in any way, just the ordering, and it's global, ie. it doesn't depend on your session like reddit's apparently does. On reddit they say its an antispam measure, whereas here its a key part of the ranking algorithm.
- jedberg 15y ago> On reddit they say its an antispam measure, whereas here its a key part of the ranking algorithm. Those two things are one in the same.
- JonnieCache 15y ago>Those two things are one in the same. Fair point.
- cpeterso 15y agoHN also "grays out" some comments, but the "graying out" seems to use different criteria than comment sorting does.