Comment on How Hacker News ranking algorithm worksComments−d0m15yI thought the "secret sauce" was hidden from Arc sources..?−tptacek15yMy understanding is that the actual HN implementation is heavily customized and not public.−grourk15yMaybe what's hidden is the code for determining what counts as a vote. e.g., multiple votes from the same IP may be discounted or simply counted as a single vote. Or a bunch of votes coming from fresh accounts created at or after submission time.−weaksauce15yThat algorithm has been in the source for a while. What is unknown is the current constants and if he changed it at all since first publishing it.
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I thought the "secret sauce" was hidden from Arc sources..?
My understanding is that the actual HN implementation is heavily customized and not public.
Maybe what's hidden is the code for determining what counts as a vote. e.g., multiple votes from the same IP may be discounted or simply counted as a single vote. Or a bunch of votes coming from fresh accounts created at or after submission time.
That algorithm has been in the source for a while. What is unknown is the current constants and if he changed it at all since first publishing it.