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Re:Improving the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm by jsnell on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:46AM (#28404169)
The author's definition of "view" is "click-through". Posts that are obviously not worth clicking through based on the title / domain will get no views, and thus keep getting seeded back into the rotation.
Re:Improving the Hacker News Ranking Algorithm by manx on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:07AM (#28405193)
Now I understand. You're right, that's a real disadvantage. We'll take that into account in our coming research. Thank you!