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How are comments ordered? I thought it was the points you see, but this one has 4 points and [other] has 6 points (at time of writing), but [other] is below th
by sdegutis 13y ago
How are comments ordered?
I thought it was the points you see, but this one has 4 points and [other] has 6 points (at time of writing), but [other] is below this one.
Is it based on absolute number of upvotes (without subtracting downvotes)?
[other]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7146156 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7146156
- roryokane 13y agoAs far as I can tell, it’s based on a combination of upvotes and time since posting. New comments start at the top of their tree and, as time passes, settle into where they would be if sorted by upvotes. So yours is above the other one because it’s more recent, but in a week, if the upvotes don’t change, the other one will be on top. It’s probably a similar algorithm to Reddit’s published “hot” algorithm (http://amix.dk/blog/post/19588 http://amix.dk/blog/post/19588).