3 ms·Rank = ( ( current_time - post_time ) / number_of_votes ) Simple enough!by nreece 19y agoRank = ( ( current_time - post_time ) / number_of_votes ) Simple enough!dfranke 19y agoThat would make everything start out at #1.zemaj 19y agoPresumably the "best" post would be the one with the lowest rank.dfranke 19y agoYes. By the above formula, everything would have a rank of zero when it was first posted.zemaj 19y agoIf you exclude everything with 0 votes, since you can't divide by 0 anyway, it might work.nreece 19y agoRank = ( ( current_time - post_time ) / number_of_votes ) ... considering number_of_votes is not equal to zero, Or better: Rank = ( number_of_votes / ( current_time - post_time ) )