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So what use is it to filter them? It seems you still have to judge their worth based on their actual contents.

• jermaustin1 9mo ago
  The front page has an algorithm that is "less noise, more news" but if you go to the /active page, you get more conversation-driven submissions. I tend to load both up and refresh every few hours.
  • etrvic 9mo ago
    > The FAQ notes that submission rank is impacted by "software which downweights overheated discussions." A good rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score. Moderators can overrule the downranking for appropriate, not-actually-a-flame-war discussions. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
• amelius 9mo ago
  Consider there are 100 upvotes and 100 downvotes. Net votes: 0. The submission would end up with a lower ranking that you wanted it to have.
  • layer8 9mo ago
    Submissions don’t have downvotes, only flagging.
    • amelius 9mo ago
      Fair. But it still holds for the comments section.