I think it's a ratio of votes to time. I think as little as 4 votes can get something on the homepage if they come in fairly quickly. The source code for hn is

I think it's a ratio of votes to time. I think as little as 4 votes can get something on the homepage if they come in fairly quickly. The source code for hn is available if you want to go and look up the specifics. I'm not sure if this is the most up-to-date mirror, but the site doesn't change that often: https://github.com/wting/hackernews https://github.com/wting/hackernews