Comment by layer8
17 days ago
So what use is it to filter them? It seems you still have to judge their worth based on their actual contents.
17 days ago
So what use is it to filter them? It seems you still have to judge their worth based on their actual contents.
The front page has an algorithm that is "less noise, more news" but if you go to the /active page, you get more conversation-driven submissions. I tend to load both up and refresh every few hours.
> The FAQ notes that submission rank is impacted by "software which downweights overheated discussions." A good rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score. Moderators can overrule the downranking for appropriate, not-actually-a-flame-war discussions.
https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
Consider there are 100 upvotes and 100 downvotes. Net votes: 0. The submission would end up with a lower ranking that you wanted it to have.
Submissions don’t have downvotes, only flagging.
Fair. But it still holds for the comments section.