three years of ranking threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
three years of ranking threads, summarised so you do not have to read them — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Submissions older than a year are archived: readable, linkable, and closed to new comments. That keeps a three-year-old thread from being reopened with a reply nobody will see in…
ranked feeds mean the top comment is not the best answer
That is the controversial ordering, not the hot one. Different formula, different behaviour.
sponsor disclosure is on the about page in full
I would not archive earlier. The old threads are the most-searched thing on the site.
sponsor disclosure is on the about page in full
ismael_varga is right that the strict evidence rule is the asset, not the friction.
Who does this help, and who does it cost?
the wiki is editable by anybody with standing on the site
the ranking formula is published, go and read it