How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)
The basic formula for Hacker News ranking has been known for years , but questions remained. Does the published code give the real algorithm...
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Published5 h ago (Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:30:59 GMT)
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