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The ranking formula is points divided by submission age raised to some constant. This means that a relatively few votes in a short amount of time is all it take
by dangrossman 3y ago
The ranking formula is points divided by submission age raised to some constant. This means that a relatively few votes in a short amount of time is all it takes to outrank much older submissions, even with many more total votes. 9 votes in under 20 minutes will do it when the majority of other front page submissions are many hours old.
- monkeydust 3y agoCurious, has anyone reused the HN ranking for their own purposes either at work or play?
- smcl 3y agoI'd say it's more "The ranking formula is points divided by submission age raised to some constant minus a large value if one or more mods feel like it". Not implying some grand conspiracy here, but some posts disappear entirely if the mods think it doesn't belong, regardless of the number of upvotes or comments.
- nairboon 3y agoThere is also the flame war penalty. If the ratio of comments and upvotes is indicating flaming, then the post gets some negative points for the purpose of ranking.