HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2009)

Re:HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2... by platz on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:22AM (#26465779)

Your vote counts on the main homepage.

> a view that only counts votes from accounts which are more than a year old, or some other criterion which reduces young and drive-by accounts

Are you sure you know what the motiviation for accounts older than 2008 is (are you sure it's reducing young/drive-by accounts?)

Have you thought about what that motivation might be?

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Re:HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2... by jaspax on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:25AM (#26465806)

I assume that it's to filter for people who have been around a long time. If there's some other specific motive, I'd love to hear what it is.

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Re:HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2... by tomhoward on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:39AM (#26466580)

It was an experimental feature slapped together by pg in 2009, and has been largely forgotten about ever since. The motive then was to see if there was any difference if you filtered out newer users. There wasn't then, just as there isn't now.

Its continued existence is just a historical artefact.

As far as I can see it's not linked from anywhere in the UI, and is only occasionally referenced in comments.

Nothing to be miffed about!

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Re:HN front page ranked using only votes from early users (2... by platz on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:29AM (#26465836)

That's the what, not the why

Also, nothing has been removed, only added. You can see more of the data which was hidden before.

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