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steve · 4023 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ken Shirriff: How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties
will you be releasing the hubski "secret sauce" recipe?
I'm not sure if that would serve any benefit, rather than satisfying curiosity. Although gaming has a lesser effect here. Obviously, age, shares, and comments, are the primary variables. We are thinking about adding some signals to comment sorting, and I plan to make a post about that shortly.