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How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)

205 points · 110 comments · theanonymousone

  1. tptacek · · focus · HN ↗
    Presumably this has gotten way, way more complicated in the last 13 years.
    1. onesandofgrain · · focus · HN ↗
      + if (this.moneyPaid > 10000USD) = instaPostToFrontPage.
      1. Barbing · · focus · HN ↗
        Have you come across a quantitative analysis of this?
        1. onesandofgrain · · focus · HN ↗
          you gotta be kidding right?
          1. Barbing · · focus · HN ↗
            Has anyone asked their favorite model to compare YC funding with HN rankings just kidding wild and zany thinking ;)
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