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I just don't get how the simple 'hot' (or 'news') algorithm, only taking a single link's time elapsed and raw number of votes(?) into account, is the best we ha

by qnaal 12y ago

I just don't get how the simple 'hot' (or 'news') algorithm, only taking a single link's time elapsed and raw number of votes(?) into account, is the best we have for a community like this. And I'm not talking about reddit's 'infinite but disjointed sub-communities'...

sillysaurus3 12y ago
If you have better ideas, list 'em. HN has been consistently good for the past seven-ish years.
- qnaal 12y ago
  tags, respecting different votes differently, linking old conversations with new ones instead of 'archiving' them into oblivion... HN might be some sort of local maximum atm, but more experimentation is warranted on these fronts.
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    Feel free! The source is out there. https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki
    - qnaal 12y ago
      To test on what audience? There are hundreds of things I'd rather be hacking than a personal copy of some forum software. > You're submitting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks. fuckin thing won't even let you have a conversation ...