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I don't think cloning HN is bad. But has PG open sourced his code, or will the voting algorithm not going to be as good?
by devx 13y ago
I don't think cloning HN is bad. But has PG open sourced his code, or will the voting algorithm not going to be as good?
- C1D 13y agoIt's shipped with Arc, a programming language pg made. So yes, it is open source.
- thejteam 13y agoOut of curiosity, what voting algorithm are you using at the moment? You'll have to tweak it if the site takes off. Especially since people get very particular about politics, even more so than money, and will try to game it in whatever way possible. It could make HN voting rings look benign.
- C1D 13y agoI'm not the site creator so you'd have to ask him.
- petercooper 13y agoFrom what I understand based on HN comments over the years, HN proper has lots of special secret sauce to prevent spam, voting fraud, etc.