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by danieltillett 3956 days ago
How does a post get to number 1 here with only 5 up votes?
2 comments
josephmx 3956 days ago
There's extra weight to comments and how fast the upvotes are. If all votes are instant it'll go higher than votes over a longer period.
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danieltillett 3956 days ago
This is not great. I know there are controls in place to stop chain voting, but if it only takes 5 votes in 5 minutes to reach number 1 then the system is wide open to abuse.
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rgbrgb 3956 days ago
Most systems are vulnerable if you poke around a bit. In my experience the HN voting ring detector is pretty wily.
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danieltillett 3956 days ago
That I agree with :)

The problem is that no system can detect signal in five votes. The numbers are just too small to be significant.

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foxpc 3956 days ago
It's probably some sort of score decay over time. Surely, it the post was posted a couple of hours ago, 5 up votes would not cut it.
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