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HN 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 r
by JonnieCache 15y ago
HN 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.