Comment on I went on vacation...wheres the front page HN stuff?parentComments−Terretta15yThe actual point values seem wildly meaningless, perhaps you shouldn't even display them.For a minute there, I thought you were summing the article points and the total points of all comments, which would be an interesting ranking as well.−RiderOfGiraffes15yRespectfully, I disagree. The points are clearly correlated with how high the item gets, and how long it stays on the front page. As such, I think the ranking is of value. It also has the merit of being simple to compute, and easy to explain.Elegant.
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The actual point values seem wildly meaningless, perhaps you shouldn't even display them.
For a minute there, I thought you were summing the article points and the total points of all comments, which would be an interesting ranking as well.
Respectfully, I disagree. The points are clearly correlated with how high the item gets, and how long it stays on the front page. As such, I think the ranking is of value. It also has the merit of being simple to compute, and easy to explain.
Elegant.