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It's interesting that this uses points + comment count as the test of importance; doesn't HN use comment count as one indicator of a flamewar IIRC?
by brandonhsiao 12y ago
It's interesting that this uses points + comment count as the test of importance; doesn't HN use comment count as one indicator of a flamewar IIRC?
- mjwhansen 12y agoIt would seem so. I posted a link a few weeks back (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7983060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7983060) that was on the front page for a bit but was booted off when the conversation spiraled a bit out of control.