Yeah. I noticed there's also a human touch somewhere in the mix. I think the editors choose a "boost" on certain posts. It looks like mine was selected (thankfully) to benefit more per upvote/comment than yours.
Your post has more comments and upvotes than mine, but is ranked lower. It was ranked higher for a period of time, then suddenly dropped down to the bottom. Mine, on the other hand, jumps up 5 spots anytime somebody upvotes it.
Or, maybe it matters who upvotes/comments on posts. I don't know, but it's made me have more faith in HN.
Edit: I've been on here for this long and have not once ever noticed the "flag" button.
No, this post was flagged a couple of times so that's what penalized it. Flags are an input to the ranking algorithm once a post gets more than 10 upvotes.
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Yeah. I noticed there's also a human touch somewhere in the mix. I think the editors choose a "boost" on certain posts. It looks like mine was selected (thankfully) to benefit more per upvote/comment than yours.
Your post has more comments and upvotes than mine, but is ranked lower. It was ranked higher for a period of time, then suddenly dropped down to the bottom. Mine, on the other hand, jumps up 5 spots anytime somebody upvotes it.
Or, maybe it matters who upvotes/comments on posts. I don't know, but it's made me have more faith in HN.
Edit: I've been on here for this long and have not once ever noticed the "flag" button.
No, this post was flagged a couple of times so that's what penalized it. Flags are an input to the ranking algorithm once a post gets more than 10 upvotes.