Return of the Mac (2005)

Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by kentosi on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:49PM (#12850335)

How can an posting dated from 2005 with only 19 points (at time of writing) reach number 2 on Hacker News? Does anyone know how the ranking algorithm works?

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by rwc on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:50PM (#12850342)

Methinks domain plays a significant role...

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by nostrademons on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:52PM (#12850359)

Time since submission is an important factor. Take a look at /newest; this is by far the most upvoted article on it, and most articles there have 1-3 points.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by Lazare on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:53PM (#12850372)

19 points are worth exponentially more the younger the post is, and exponentially less the older it is. If you're trying to understand why a post is where it is, age is just as important as votes.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by foota on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:51PM (#12850349)

Someone recently submitted the post.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by untog on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:58PM (#12850426)

It was posted 20 minutes ago (at time of writing) - the algorithm works based on submission time, not authoring time.

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by Light2Yellow on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:55PM (#12850390)

I guess the algorithm counts a coefficient (num_of_upvotes / time).

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by 3chelon on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @06:12PM (#12850557)

Maybe the author's name has some weighting around these parts? ;)

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Re:Return of the Mac (2005) by greatest-ape on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @05:54PM (#12850381)

points / time_elapsed ^ 2 ?

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