How does the rating system in HN works ?

Posted by armadilko on Saturday October 10, 2009 @05:52AM
from the self-post dept.

I am trying to give points but it doesn't applied I mean I see the number been changed but after page refresh it turns back to the original. Is it a technical problem or I am missing something , I have read all the welcome pages , not a single word there about a rating system.

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Re:How does the rating system in HN works ? by jacquesm on Saturday October 10, 2009 @09:31AM (#873313)

You're doing just fine, the voting system is on the blink, Paul Graham (the owner of this site) is working on it see here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871202

In short, your votes are registered, but are not always counted towards the credits of the thing you have voted on.

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Re:How does the rating system in HN works ? by javery on Saturday October 10, 2009 @10:12AM (#873331)

It sounds like there might be a waiting period before voting is counted. It could be karma or time based, but honestly either it way it is probably a good idea to slow down the spammers.

Try commenting and participating for a couple weeks and I bet it will start working for you.

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Re:How does the rating system in HN works ? by romanm on Saturday October 10, 2009 @05:56AM (#873165)

I think PG said something about he is experimenting something with the ranking system.

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