[–] gamechangr 9y ago ↗ This is asked very regularly. HN has an official policy which you can google.Here is one interesting (maybe too long) answer:http://sangaline.com/post/reverse-engineering-the-hacker-new... [–] ghostpirate 9y ago ↗ Thanks a lot
[–] gus_massa 9y ago ↗ Essentially, they are ordered bypoints / age^2 * a-lot-of-penaltiesA more detailed (old) discussion is in: http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6799854 (920 points, 1240 days ago, 190 comments)The algorithm is tweaked from time to time without warning, so many details may have changed since this was posted ~3 years ago. But the main idea is still there.
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[ 10.1 ms ] story [ 44.5 ms ] threadHere is one interesting (maybe too long) answer:
http://sangaline.com/post/reverse-engineering-the-hacker-new...
points / age^2 * a-lot-of-penalties
A more detailed (old) discussion is in: http://www.righto.com/2013/11/how-hacker-news-ranking-really... HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6799854 (920 points, 1240 days ago, 190 comments)
The algorithm is tweaked from time to time without warning, so many details may have changed since this was posted ~3 years ago. But the main idea is still there.