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Note: not staff There is (used to be?) a flamewar detection algorithm built into the larger ranking algorithm that would penalize stories which sparked rapid d

Note: not staff There is (used to be?) a flamewar detection algorithm built into the larger ranking algorithm that would penalize stories which sparked rapid discussion accompanied by frequent downvoting.

classicsnoot 12y ago
Kind of sad. A case where the algorithm is wrong. This is not a flame war, rather it is a passionate discussion between opposed ideologies. The nefarious tentacles of PC culture infecting the maths. Maybe they should add a word search for certain terms (No, idiot, fucking moron, you are dumb) as well as rapid responses and downvotes to determine if it has gone all Reign of Fire up in here...