Analysis of the Ask HN Algorithm Sensitivity to Comment-to-Score Ratios
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10mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
The article discusses concerns about the Ask HN algorithm and its sensitivity to comment-to-score ratios, leading to potential moderation of discussions with high comment counts but low points.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledAsk HN seems to be more sensitive to two things than other discussions.
None of the discussion threads are very deep, but when a discussion has a lot of comments but not a lot of points it tends to get moderated.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44595003
