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I believe I've read before that there is code to detect "controversy" or flamewars and bomb the relevant thread in the default ordering.
by Spoom 11y ago
I believe I've read before that there is code to detect "controversy" or flamewars and bomb the relevant thread in the default ordering.
- larrys 11y agoIn looking at that thread (from the OP) I am wondering how much the algorithm, among other things, takes into account the appearance of comments downvoted to oblivion. I would guess that that needs to be a factor considered. A quick scan of that link seems to indicate many grayed out comments. (Which I didn't read..)
- minimaxir 11y agoA good heuristic is if num_points is close to num_comments, which is the case here.