On: Ask HN: Are new posts getting less frequent on HN?

[kercker]

Are there any information or formulas about the new algorithms?

[minimaxir → kercker]

Information about algorithms is generally kept secret to prevent people from gaming the system. (there are some unwritten heuristics that I wish were written though, such as the inherent penalty for self-posts)

[tedmiston → minimaxir]

Can you elaborate on the self-posts bit?

[infodroid → tedmiston]

I found this discussion about the self-post penalty from 2010:

Tell HN: Why you should submit your stuff as a blog posting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1076633

[minimaxir → tedmiston]

E.g. Ask HNs.

[jrs235 → kercker]

As minimaxir said the algos are kept someone secret. The higher level concepts are shared in a manner to prevent people from exploiting and taking advantage of them (and I agree that they should be kept that way).