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by piratelogic 5173 days ago
I noticed that 'Top Ideas' page ranks ideas by the number of 'Awesome idea' votes. The number of 'This sucks' votes aren't taken into account. You should change this to take downvotes into account as well. +4/-20 (0.167 approval rating) should not be ranked higher than +3/-1 (0.750 approval rating). [1]

Also, seeing as the site is titled 'HackerIdeas', you should target it specifically to hackers. I don't care about a company that prints advertisements on toilet paper. That's just annoying.

[1] Approval ratings calculate using this formula: up / (up + down)

2 comments

That's a very good point. I will work on that next after the comments are implemented.

As for the posts on there, they're not added/moderated by myself. They'll be downvoted over time if they're not appropriate and so it shouldn't be an issue.

You're probably right, but I would recommend keeping an eye on it and making sure it doesn't become an issue.
OK will do!
Printing ads on toilet paper could still be a tech business needing many hackers.

Enrolment, ad bidding, printing, logistics, crm, etc etc