Comment Comment by adamjc Discussed here also:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38514537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515123Not sure why it's getting pushed off the front page when, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515123 has 41 points and 2 hours old whereas a front-page article, e.g. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/50-years-made-a... only has 57 points and is 14 hours old (as of this comment)The inscrutability of how page ranking works in HN is increasingly a problem in my eyes. I understand it's an attempt at preventing gaming the system, but I'm not convinced it works. parent adamjc 2 years ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38514537 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515123
Not sure why it's getting pushed off the front page when, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515123 has 41 points and 2 hours old whereas a front-page article, e.g. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/50-years-made-a... only has 57 points and is 14 hours old (as of this comment)
The inscrutability of how page ranking works in HN is increasingly a problem in my eyes. I understand it's an attempt at preventing gaming the system, but I'm not convinced it works.