HN Upvoting Mechanics
Cluster focuses on Hacker News' upvoting system, including algorithms, heuristics like upvote-to-comment ratios, suspicions of manipulation, and strategies to influence visibility.
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Perhaps the upvote heuristic used by the HN hive mind is a bit more complex than you initially believed?
The upvote to comment ratio is off (too many comments and not enough upvotes), which is a negative signal to the HN algorithm.
How do we ensure the upvotes on HN ? I posted this 3 days ago
time to start thinking about who (and what) is upvoting things on HN.
I have a hunch that upvotes/minute matters too.
Because people upvoted it and that's how HN works.
Is this an ad? Can you buy upvotes for HN?
Anyone who cares about this issue, just upvote, don't comment. HN's algorithm downranks posts where the comment to upvote ratio is too high.
sometimes I am wondering what get voted up on HN
Would be interesting to know how many up and down votes HN is sending that answer.