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#12 7 points by gorans 2 hours ago #13 141 points by Pwnguinz 15 hours ago how does it work?

• lloeki 14y ago
  Read yourself again, you wrote it. Hint: It's not a sort on points.
  • zalew 14y ago
    I know it's not a sort of points, I'm just surprised how a post with only 5 upvotes through over 2 hours can land so high on the homepage.
• gus_massa 14y ago
  Originally the formula was: (points-1)/(hours+2)^1.4 , but pg changes it whenever he wants, so the "gravity coefficient" is now different from 1.4. You can read detailed analysis of the (published) formula in 2009 in http://www.arcfn.com/2009/06/how-does-newsyc-ranking-work.html http://www.arcfn.com/2009/06/how-does-newsyc-ranking-work.ht... And there are a lot of secret coefficient corrections, for example the number of flagging that the submission received and the number of comments (if it has too many comments, it is too polemic and it is pushed down.) If we use the 2009 formula we get Points(P) Time(H) (P-1)^.8/(H+2)^1.8 7 2 0.3457 141 15 0.3177 that gives the ordering you saw.
  • zalew 14y ago
    tx! "if it has too many comments, it is too polemic and it is pushed down." well, this is surprising.