I would like to know how the average is calculated. When I was a noob below 100 Karma, the average was regularly updated to reflect the actual average karma of all my comments. However, this stopped around the time I reached 100. Now, my avg remains fixed at 2.17, a value that I'm sure has nothing to do with my actual ($karma_total/$comments_count) ratio anymore. Does anyone know how this works?
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I would like to know how the average is calculated. When I was a noob below 100 Karma, the average was regularly updated to reflect the actual average karma of all my comments. However, this stopped around the time I reached 100. Now, my avg remains fixed at 2.17, a value that I'm sure has nothing to do with my actual ($karma_total/$comments_count) ratio anymore. Does anyone know how this works?
Ask HN: How is the avg in my HN profile calculated? -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1648811
Thanks! So it would appear that my hunch was right, only the first comments are used for avg, after that it never changes again:
"So it takes your comments numbered 6-50, throws out the highest-scoring one, and averages them."
Comment 1 is the most recent comment, not your oldest one.
In this case, I believe there might be a bug. Not that it matters. Just saying.