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

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  1. Liftyee · · focus · HN ↗
    The penalties are interesting. It shows that the design goal is not to maximise interactions otherwise "controversial" posts should stay up. Still though, I wonder what's the point of deranking said posts. Minimise the potential for a flame war to hit critical mass? Stop people from perceiving HN as an argument-filled forum?
    1. consumer451 · · focus · HN ↗
      > It shows that the design goal is not to maximise interactions otherwise "controversial" posts should stay up.

      What I believe to be a less human-moderated version of the front page still exists on HN. It is interesting to compare it to the default. Both have their benefits.

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