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Re: Hacker News Leaderboard

#4

Post by petercooper »

deepakjc wrote: post #2

Just saw this today, and the "leaders" are far out of my reach...

Trivia: It used to be one of the main links at the top of the page about 2+ years ago.

I set a goal several years back of getting into the top 100, then top 50, and so on, and was commenting and posting loads. I guess they didn't like that too much and it disappeared onto the Lists page ;-) I don't post as much now but that's probably a good thing for me.

Re: Hacker News Leaderboard

#5

Post by ck2 »

Just think what we can do with all those imaginary points.

I'd like see some kind of solution where submissions don't disappear so quicky.

Maybe using tags that become sub-forums of sorts and the front page is just an aggregate.

Like tags for SSL, ddos, security, centos, payment-solutions etc.

Tags are not hard to implement, there could even be a limited set to choose from, that only certain users can add to, if there is any concern about new tag creation abuse.

And then a submission can span multiple tags, it may get buried under one tag but rank better under other tags.

Re: Hacker News Leaderboard

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Post by petercooper »

ck2 wrote: post #5

Just think what we can do with all those imaginary points. I'd like see some kind of solution where submissions don't disappear so quicky. Maybe using tags that become sub-forums of sorts and the front page is just an aggregate. Like tags for SSL, ddos, security, centos, payment-solutions etc. Tags are not hard to implement, there could even be a limited set to choose from, that only certain users can add to, if ther…

https://lobste.rs/ does that, but the idea has failed to find any support on HN over the years.

In terms of "doing" something with the points, I quite like Stack Overflow's approach of letting users with higher reputations do more things. There is a little of this on HN (e.g. flagging), but on SO it includes things like editing posts, deleting comments, review flags, etc. But that would lead to a broader, less centralized system than YC is likely to prefer, and it's their site and decision ultimately.

Re: Hacker News Leaderboard

#7

Post by yitchelle »

petercooper wrote: post #4
deepakjc wrote: post #2

Just saw this today, and the "leaders" are far out of my reach...

Trivia: It used to be one of the main links at the top of the page about 2+ years ago. I set a goal several years back of getting into the top 100, then top 50, and so on, and was commenting and posting loads. I guess they didn't like that too much and it disappeared onto the Lists page ;-) I don't post as much now but that's probably a good thing for me.

Other than satisfying some curiosity, what would be the value of such a leader board for HN readers?

Re: Hacker News Leaderboard

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Post by swombat »

What's interesting to note here is that the points totals have been removed for the top 10. It used to show vast differences between the "leading pack" and the rest... of the order of 20k karma points or so!

I guess the rationale for this change is to stop the silly competition (if there was any) once at the top of the pack. I'm not sure there ever was such a competition, mind you. I was #7 once upon a time and it never affected my posting habits.

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