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I agree with almost everything you are saying but would like to point out that in my observation on HN some community members (by your definition of "community"

by larrys 13y ago

I agree with almost everything you are saying but would like to point out that in my observation on HN some community members (by your definition of "community") are more equal than others. And what they say, think and perhaps up vote or flag means quite a bit. Noting last paragraph of this top 10 profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm

davidw 13y ago
> are more equal than others. Was there ever any claim that "we are all equal" here or something like that?
- larrys 13y ago
  Implied by a statement like this from the faq: "How are stories ranked? On the front page, by points divided by a power of the time since they were submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way." I know it's an algorithm but I just feel from observation that that statement from the faq is not entirely correct. You've been around longer (and have quite a bit of karma) so I'd like to know your thoughts on this. Because to me I don't see ranking on the home page following this faq answer.
  - davidw 13y ago
    I think the algorithm is more complicated than that, and maybe does weigh some votes more than others, but I really don't know anything more about it than you do.
  - PavlovsCat 13y ago
    I think getting flagged pushes a submission down quite a bit, and the number of "flags" unfortunately isn't displayed.
    - larrys 13y ago
      What's interesting is that from a UI perspective the "flag" is very poorly implemented. I don't ever flag and I'm sure the flagging varies also with the length of time someone has been on the site. Newbies and older users probably flag for entirely different reasons (leading me to believe that "flag" isn't even evenly weighted or shouldn't be). And what does it mean to flag anyway? It's possible someone thinks that it is "read later" and another person "this is wrong". How does anyone know what flag even is for exactly?

by larrys 13y ago

davidw 13y ago

> are more equal than others. Was there ever any claim that "we are all equal" here or something like that?

larrys 13y ago
Implied by a statement like this from the faq: "How are stories ranked? On the front page, by points divided by a power of the time since they were submitted. Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way." I know it's an algorithm but I just feel from observation that that statement from the faq is not entirely correct. You've been around longer (and have quite a bit of karma) so I'd like to know your thoughts on this. Because to me I don't see ranking on the home page following this faq answer.
- davidw 13y ago
  I think the algorithm is more complicated than that, and maybe does weigh some votes more than others, but I really don't know anything more about it than you do.
- PavlovsCat 13y ago
  I think getting flagged pushes a submission down quite a bit, and the number of "flags" unfortunately isn't displayed.
  - larrys 13y ago
    What's interesting is that from a UI perspective the "flag" is very poorly implemented. I don't ever flag and I'm sure the flagging varies also with the length of time someone has been on the site. Newbies and older users probably flag for entirely different reasons (leading me to believe that "flag" isn't even evenly weighted or shouldn't be). And what does it mean to flag anyway? It's possible someone thinks that it is "read later" and another person "this is wrong". How does anyone know what flag even is for exactly?