Two Stop Bits | I'd rather not do that because then people will start "bumping" stories by comme...

jgrahamc 479 days ago | parent

I'd rather not do that because then people will start "bumping" stories by commenting "bump" just to promote their personal thing. I think the answer is more users. The site currently gets about 15,000 page views / day which is already amazing given how little promotion the site has had.

Since the site is open source you can see the front page ranking algorithm here: https://github.com/jgrahamc/twostopbits/blob/master/apps/new...

bmonkey325 479 days ago
There’s always going to be people gaming the algorithm. YouTube aides and abets this by including its “si” parameter in the link which arc forum treats as a different post.
Any any changes in the algorithm I would suspect as temporary. Measures only to spur discussion and avoid “tumbleweed” posts that briefly appear on the front page and then sink back into obscurity. If the community ever attracted a “cult of rust” like you see in HN that post and upvotes anything Rust. We would have a problem. Such a faction with its enthusiasm would be able to squeeze out anything else. Amiga. Nintendo. Atari. As examples.
- Lammy 479 days ago
  > Measures only to spur discussion and avoid “tumbleweed” posts that briefly appear on the front page and then sink back into obscurity.
  Yeah, exactly this. Lazy "bump" comments could and should be moderated away. It would be fine for comments-by-submission-author to not bump a submission in this way.
- bmonkey325 479 days ago
  That said - the somewhat nostalgic nature of the subject matter may stifle comments. I’m grateful for the site I was inspired to relearn 6502 assembly for the second time - over 40 years apart.