From 7f1ab6a5cdb54082d3d3ba8ed80287c9a90fdb8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scarlett <63085504+Whayme@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:53:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Replaced table --- docs/src/about_ranking.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/about_ranking.md b/docs/src/about_ranking.md index 854b4da88..5ca77613f 100644 --- a/docs/src/about_ranking.md +++ b/docs/src/about_ranking.md @@ -7,11 +7,19 @@ An expected feature in link aggregators is a kind of "Trending" sort which shows - After a day or so, the time factor should go away. - Use a log scale, since votes tend to snowball, and so the first 10 votes are just as important as the next hundred. -| Reddit | Hacker News | Lemmy | -|-|-|-| -| Does not take the lifetime of the thread into account, [giving early comments an overwhelming advantage over later ones,](https://minimaxir.com/2016/11/first-comment/) with the effect being even worse in small communities. New comments pool at the bottom of the thread, effectively killing off discussion and making each thread a race to comment early. This lowers the quality of conversation and rewards comments that are repetitive and spammy. | While far superior to Reddit's implementation for its decay of scores over time, [Hacker News' ranking algorithm](https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d) does not use a logarithmic scale for scores. | Counterbalances the snowballing effect of votes over time with a logarithmic scale. Negates the inherent advantage of early comments while still ensuring that votes still matter in the long-term, not nuking older popular comments. | +## Implementations + +### Reddit +Does not take the lifetime of the thread into account, [giving early comments an overwhelming advantage over later ones,](https://minimaxir.com/2016/11/first-comment/) with the effect being even worse in small communities. New comments pool at the bottom of the thread, effectively killing off discussion and making each thread a race to comment early. This lowers the quality of conversation and rewards comments that are repetitive and spammy. + +### Hacker News + +While far superior to Reddit's implementation for its decay of scores over time, [Hacker News' ranking algorithm](https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking-algorithm-works-1d9b0cf2c08d) does not use a logarithmic scale for scores. + +### Lemmy + +Counterbalances the snowballing effect of votes over time with a logarithmic scale. Negates the inherent advantage of early comments while still ensuring that votes still matter in the long-term, not nuking older popular comments. -## Additional Details ``` Rank = ScaleFactor * log(Max(1, 3 + Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity