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#12 7 points by gorans 2 hours ago

#13 141 points by Pwnguinz 15 hours ago

how does it work?




Originally the formula was: (points-1)/(hours+2)^1.4 , but pg changes it whenever he wants, so the "gravity coefficient" is now different from 1.4.

You can read detailed analysis of the (published) formula in 2009 in http://www.arcfn.com/2009/06/how-does-newsyc-ranking-work.ht...

And there are a lot of secret coefficient corrections, for example the number of flagging that the submission received and the number of comments (if it has too many comments, it is too polemic and it is pushed down.)

If we use the 2009 formula we get

  Points(P)  Time(H)  (P-1)^.8/(H+2)^1.8
        7        2        0.3457
      141       15        0.3177
that gives the ordering you saw.


tx!

"if it has too many comments, it is too polemic and it is pushed down." well, this is surprising.


Read yourself again, you wrote it. Hint: It's not a sort on points.


I know it's not a sort of points, I'm just surprised how a post with only 5 upvotes through over 2 hours can land so high on the homepage.




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