How Hacker News ranking algorithm works

Re:How Hacker News ranking algorithm works by d0m on Monday October 11, 2010 @04:36PM (#1781150)

I thought the "secret sauce" was hidden from Arc sources..?

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Re:How Hacker News ranking algorithm works by tptacek on Monday October 11, 2010 @04:39PM (#1781158)

My understanding is that the actual HN implementation is heavily customized and not public.

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Re:How Hacker News ranking algorithm works by grourk on Monday October 11, 2010 @04:42PM (#1781173)

Maybe what's hidden is the code for determining what counts as a vote. e.g., multiple votes from the same IP may be discounted or simply counted as a single vote. Or a bunch of votes coming from fresh accounts created at or after submission time.

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Re:How Hacker News ranking algorithm works by weaksauce on Monday October 11, 2010 @04:42PM (#1781175)

That algorithm has been in the source for a while. What is unknown is the current constants and if he changed it at all since first publishing it.

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