In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace

Re:In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace by tokai on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:07PM (#21284782)

I'm sorry your comment confuses me. Isn't it us users that downweight comments with our votes? I thought you reacted on flags and heavy downvotes.

I know you do a lions share of work dang, but I think you were a little to fast here. Good comments were being posted (and pushed below you comment) as you wrote that.

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Re:In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace by dang on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:21PM (#21284938)

For sure, users downweight (and up-weight!) comments. That's the most important factor. But moderators also downweight subthreads, for example if they're off topic. It's a combo of the two.

Same for stories: the ranking is determined by votes, flags, software, and moderation. Users are the most important factor, but alas not a sufficient one. Without moderation, the system gets into unstable states and can't stay within its mandate.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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