4 ms·

> The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com

> The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

detrites 3y ago
So if someone has four sock-puppet accounts they can get in the top 5?
- intev 3y ago
  For an extremely short period of time so it's pretty meaningless.