On: Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm

[DrStalker]

More that if the first vote a submission gets is negative it can't recover and vanishes.

[rhizome → DrStalker]

I didn't get that `sign` was not ever re-evaluated from the writeup, can you elaborate?

[sesqu → rhizome]

The first downvote pushes the submission down below every positive submission ever, not just below the last 12 hours' worth. It can only recover if upvoted from other views.

[rhizome → sesqu]

So, in the minimum case, two upvotes? Like any post? Seems there would have to be an appearance cutoff somewhere.