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Just read the part of the linked article relevant to the 40 comment penalty. My question is: assuming that this algorithm works in general, why would it need to be different for Show HN? What makes them different with respect to vote to comment ratios?


In theory, Show HNs should drive more discussion.

Actually, the average amount of comments for each Show HN submission has always been below 10 comments: http://minimaxir.com/img/show-hn/show-hn-comments.png


Because they're actively soliciting comments, I guess? That makes sense, but for me the main point of HN is the discussions anyway.




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