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What is your documentation for saying that a particular word in a headline has any penalty at all? AFTER EDIT: I guess I'm glad I asked, downvotes and all, bec
by tokenadult 13y ago
What is your documentation for saying that a particular word in a headline has any penalty at all?
AFTER EDIT: I guess I'm glad I asked, downvotes and all, because I see the link is to a source off HN, not to a statement from any of the HN moderators (which is what I was checking).
- revscat 13y agohttp://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really-works.html http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really...
- Crito 13y agoScratch HN moderators, here it is straight from the horse's mouth: > "So already for the past week TSA stories have had an automatic penalty applied. Or more precisly, they've been autotagged as being political, which entails a penalty." > "When anything gets over a certain number of flags, it shows up on a list that admins see. They decide either to kill it, mark it as political or whatever, or do nothing." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934950 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1934950 So, at least as of 3 years ago, HN both "autotags" and has admin driving tagging. Penalties are given to posts that have received particular tags. Strictly speaking, "words in titles" may or may not be involved in that "autotagging", but given PG's history with content classification... I suspect it is.
- bradleysmith 13y agoI'm glad you asked. I was not aware of any published documentation of HN's algorithmic workings, and had the same question. I also appreciate an established name in HN pointing out that the linked article was not from a moderator. It points itself out quickly, but it's nice to know something is derived information before clicking.