Comment on Dear HN, I'm worried about usparentComments−unalone17yIt could also be signs of vanity. Reddit went downhill after a month of a ton of people writing Ask Reddit posts.I'm not saying we have that problem, but usually, the presence of a topic like this is just taking away from an external news story.−pg17yI already penalize Ask HN posts (or more precisely, url-less ones) significantly in the ranking algorithm. That seems to keep them from taking over the front page.−anuraggoel17ySo 'pgrank' is much more advanced than we think.
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It could also be signs of vanity. Reddit went downhill after a month of a ton of people writing Ask Reddit posts.
I'm not saying we have that problem, but usually, the presence of a topic like this is just taking away from an external news story.
I already penalize Ask HN posts (or more precisely, url-less ones) significantly in the ranking algorithm. That seems to keep them from taking over the front page.
So 'pgrank' is much more advanced than we think.