Comment on Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms ExposedComments−babul18yThese are not the algorithms but an overview of the formulas.For example the HN algorithm is outlined in several places e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704 and on the pg Arc site, and the reddit algorithms is def hot(ups, downs, date): s = score(ups, downs) order = log(max(abs(s), 1), 10) sign = 1 if s > 0 else -1 if s < 0 else 0 seconds = epoch_seconds(date) - 1134028003 return round(order + sign * seconds / 45000, 7)
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These are not the algorithms but an overview of the formulas.
For example the HN algorithm is outlined in several places e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38704 and on the pg Arc site, and the reddit algorithms is