[dplgk]

How does a theme for a framework make it to the front page?

[joeblau]

Exploit the HN ranking algorithm[1]:

    (= gravity* 1.8 timebase* 120 front-threshold* 1
       nourl-factor* .4 lightweight-factor* .17 gag-factor* .1)

    (def frontpage-rank (s (o scorefn realscore) (o gravity gravity*))
      (* (/ (let base (- (scorefn s) 1)
              (if (> base 0) (expt base .8) base))
            (expt (/ (+ (item-age s) timebase*) 60) gravity))
         (if (no (in s!type 'story 'poll))  .8
             (blank s!url)                  nourl-factor*
             (mem 'bury s!keys)             .001
                                            (* (contro-factor s)
                                               (if (mem 'gag s!keys)
                                                    gag-factor*
                                                   (lightweight s)
                                                    lightweight-factor*
                                                   1)))))

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781417

[cooperadymas]

I'm not sure why this would be questioned.

On the front page of Hacker News right now we have articles about conservation, witchcraft, the death of an author, the Japanese language, horror and WWI, and ketchup.

And this is a relatively tame day.

A theme for an extremely popular framework used by many "hackers", created by a fellow HNer and presented as a "Show HN"... this seems exactly in line with the spirit of Hacker News. This is the kind of thing I would expect to see on the front page.

[dplgk]

A new theme is created for a framework at about the same rate that mosquitoes reproduce.

[badosu]

Even though it's not really something intellectually appealing, I was not aware of this and glad that I saw it.

[corobo]

People upvote it and the algorithm does the rest

[dplgk]

There is something else going on. People submit things that go into oblivion that are much more compelling.

[ggregoire]

Because the flag algorithm works quite well too. You should flag this one if you think it's not newsworthy.

[ithilglin909]

I assume "Show HN" items aren't necessarily news, but just someone showing the community something new that may be of interest. There already appears to be too much flagging around here just because someone doesn't particularly like something. Let's not encourage more.

[ggregoire]

It was probably posted before the rush hour and reached the front page with only a couple of upvotes.