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nemild / hack-the-media

This repo collects examples of intentional and unintentional hacks of media sources
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Wrong idea with reddit #5

Open MineRobber9000 opened 6 years ago

MineRobber9000 commented 6 years ago

Later comments are preferred over early ones, not the other way around.

nemild commented 4 years ago

Apologies for delay! Don't earlier comments have more likelihood of getting greater upvotes as they are available earlier and longer? Is there a time after which it is much harder for a new comment to get to the top?

Feel free to link to any docs on how the Reddit upvoting/comment sorting algorithm works.

MineRobber9000 commented 4 years ago

I don't remember where I found my source, but I recall that the sorting algorithm takes into account both age and upvotes. This would promote:

  1. Old content that has received many upvotes
  2. New content, so it can receive many upvotes
nemild commented 4 years ago

Here are some good posts: https://redditblog.com/2009/10/15/reddits-new-comment-sorting-system/ https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-reddit-ranking-algorithms-work-ef111e33d0d9

I assumed Hacker News and Reddit were the same and that is not the case.