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Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by koolba on Saturday November 18, 2023 @04:17AM (#38317290)
I’ve been pondering a more accurate metric for comparing stories over time. The raw point value doesn’t work as there’s inflation due to a larger user base.

The value needs to be adjusted to factor that in that change. Something like dividing by the sum of all upvotes in some preceding time period.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by low_tech_punk on Saturday November 18, 2023 @04:35AM (#38317408)
or rely on HN's own algorithm, duration in which it stayed at the top of the chart?
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by stingraycharles on Saturday November 18, 2023 @07:10AM (#38318601)
You don’t want to measure the total number of users, but rather the number of active users. Otherwise agreed.
Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by gabaix on Saturday November 18, 2023 @09:33AM (#38320049)
Does YC publish active users count?

In its absence one can use public metrics like active commenters count.

Re:OpenAI announces leadership transition by cutemonster on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:29PM (#38326042)
Maybe also somehow divide by the size of monthly occurring topics like "Who is hiring"?