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

205 points · 110 comments · theanonymousone

  1. PreciousH · · focus · HN ↗
    weird that posts with lots of comments are also penalized though, the `controversy` reasoning is not solid enough for me.
    1. ChrisMarshallNY · · focus · HN ↗
      Note the trajectory of any stories about the IDScan drivers' license leak. They don't stay up long, after US East Coast SoB time.
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