[Meta] we crossed 800k members and nothing about the rules changes
Putting this to the board: we crossed 800k members and nothing about the rules changes. What the ranking does, in case you assume it is hiding something. The hot ordering combines the magnitude of a submission’s score with its age, so that a new post with moderate support can outrank an older one with more. The…
Feed position is a function of early votes and time. That structurally favours agreeable early answers over correct late ones, which is why sorting by controversial occasionally is worth the effort.
Feed position is a function of early votes and time.
tomas_lundgren is right that the strict evidence rule is the asset, not the friction.
Right, and the storefront links on source pages are marked and disclosed, which is the honest way to do it.
nobody here is paid, including the moderators
Same view — strict evidence rules make this board slower and make the archive worth reading in three years.
I would not archive earlier. The old threads are the most-searched thing on the site.