[andyjohnson0]

> > algorithmic feeds

> It does have these

If you consider "feeds" to be the home page, ask hn, etc. then afaik content is determined by user submission after spam/abuse filtering, and all users see the same content. Article position is largely determined by user votes, with some ageing. Again, everyone sees the same ordering (unless they choose to hid le articles).

Hard to see how this can be interpreted as "algorithmic".

[petcat]

It's hard to see it as anything but algorithmic considering that an algorithm is deciding what you see. It doesn't matter if everyone is also seeing the same thing.

[tzs]

By the definitional you are using pretty much every feed presented on a website is an algorithmic feed, making the term "algorithmic feed" useless since it could simply be replaced with "feed".

What "algorithmic feed" means in most discussion and publications is a feed that is personalized for the individual users based on their known or inferred interests and their past interactions.

[andyjohnson0]

The algorithm that is deciding what you see is simply <things submitted by other humans> + <voting on those things by other humans>. There's no per-user content customisation and profiling to drive engagement. And hn has an optional "no procrastination" feature that is provided to mitigate excessive engagement.

[petcat]

We don't know what the algorithm is. But it's clearly more sophisticated than just vote counts.

It's an algorithmic feed.

[andyjohnson0]

From the FAQ [1]:

"How are stories ranked?

"The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way.

"Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action."

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[petcat]

Pretty obvious and vague overview. Obviously the weights are the important part that is missing.

I don't know why you're trying to argue that this isn't an algorithmically driven social news feed website with an addictive homepage. It's exactly what the NY state law is targeting.