A problem (IMHO) with the HN ranking algorithm is that once a post fails to get traction (perhaps because things were busy at the time it was submitted), it won't really be able to get traction later, even if it's re-discovered 6 hours or 2 days later. Seems to me like velocity ought to be taken into account a little more for items that have otherwise languished.
This has been the case with my bootstrapping post. It has been revived a few times thanks to tweets and other references since its initial publication to HN, but it has never risen back to where it was, even though it has twice as many points as it did 11 days ago.
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A problem (IMHO) with the HN ranking algorithm is that once a post fails to get traction (perhaps because things were busy at the time it was submitted), it won't really be able to get traction later, even if it's re-discovered 6 hours or 2 days later. Seems to me like velocity ought to be taken into account a little more for items that have otherwise languished.
This has been the case with my bootstrapping post. It has been revived a few times thanks to tweets and other references since its initial publication to HN, but it has never risen back to where it was, even though it has twice as many points as it did 11 days ago.