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I've been very interested in this problem. I ran a community for a few months that wound up being quite popular (40k uniques a day before I closed it down). My

by pippy 13y ago

I've been very interested in this problem. I ran a community for a few months that wound up being quite popular (40k uniques a day before I closed it down). My attempt to address with problem was to have a min + max time, but most interestingly count the number of posts as well. Even if an opinion was popular if it got a response out of people it would stay around longer before dropping of quicker. I prioritised community engagement over the communities quality of content. This turned out to be slightly more effective way of ranking content.

mafuyu 13y ago
Interestingly enough, the HN ranking algorithm takes a bit of an opposite stance, punishing posts that generate too much discussion in proportion to upvotes. Both approaches are valid, depending on what your goals for the community are. HN's system would rather quickly derank a post that is potentially inflammatory and keep good content on top rather than using comments as a heuristic for community involvement.