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Lots of discussion here about this approach and alternatives. Not sure how feasible this is but I think it would be even cooler to turn this into a site where u
by jrussino 4y ago
Lots of discussion here about this approach and alternatives. Not sure how feasible this is but I think it would be even cooler to turn this into a site where users can define their own custom ranking algorithm and/or select from a set of available algorithms (including the one you're currently using). Maybe even provide a meta-ranking of the most popular ranking algorithms?
- jwarden 4y agoYes we'd like to do that, but the main problem is that we don't have access to some data that goes into HN rankings: flags, penalties, and other moderator actions. These make a huge difference to the quality of front-page content. But we have thought of allowing users to provide this data on our site. They could flag posts, mark them as duplicate, mark them as being non-technical (HN mods regularly apply penalties to popular news items that are not really about hacking and startups), etc.