Re:Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated ...
by next_xibalba on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:05PM
(#39231147)
I don’t get the impression from that article that Daniel and Scott are curating the front page in the way the thanks in this thread suggest. I am still of the impression that the front page composition is decided by upvotes, downvotes, and flags. Contrary to the implication in this repos’ text.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated ...
by tptacek on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:36PM
(#39231549)
Scott hasn't been a mod for years.
Re:Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated ...
by wolverine876 on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:12PM
(#39231242)
What is that impression based on?
Re:Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated ...
by next_xibalba on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:22PM
(#39232210)
The article, the HN's guidelines and FAQ, Dang's accumulated comments, etc.
Re:Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated ...
by dang on Friday February 02, 2024 @11:03PM
(#39237446)
Besides upvotes, downvotes, and flags, there are software penalties like the flamewar detector and various anti-abuse measures, and moderation downweights. We do a lot of the latter—I don't want to underemphasize this. The overall system is a combination of these three subsystems.
You're right that user flags do more than mods do, just because the numbers work that way: there are many orders of magnitude more users flagging things than there are mods.
Edit: 5 orders of magnitude more, in fact!