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- compiler1410 2y ago[flagged]
- sva_ 2y agoProbably takes into account amount of flags, as well as points:comments ratio.
- dumbfounder 2y agoI have heard that YC alums have more voting power than others.
- n2d4 2y agoNot true — also, why would YC alums be less likely to upvote a post about Pavel Durov getting arrested?
- dumbfounder 2y agoI heard it directly from a YC alum who said he helped me push a post to the top. But this was several years ago. I didn't mean that YC alums would be less likely to upvote that particular article, but it does make the rankings much more unpredictable.
- dang 2y agoYC alums have never had more voting power than others. At least I don't remember any time when that was true.
- n2d4 2y agoFlame war detector. If a thread has too many comments (compared with upvotes), it gets downranked
- dang 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html