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How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)
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Hacker News | Sep 19, 2026 | theanonymousone
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The red line shows the top article on HN. Note that because of penalties, the article with the top raw score often isn't the top article. Ironically, this article was penalized on Hacker News.
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