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http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574 http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574
by tgrass 12y ago
http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574 http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574
- aidanf 12y agoAlso http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really-works.html http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really...
- tgallant 12y agothe only real answer. idk why people think the voting system is a magical black box. to add, the top comment in the following link is paul graham showing the code for the voting system https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417
- aspidistra 12y agoPeople think it is a magical black box because the code in the parent comment, and in the thread you linked, is three and a half years old, and HN does not run these days on exactly the same code that was open-sourced in news.arc.