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authorDessalines <happydooby@gmail.com>2019-04-20 16:47:23 -0700
committerDessalines <happydooby@gmail.com>2019-04-20 16:47:23 -0700
commit93a512b7a16bba3b399cd78003995fab694139a9 (patch)
tree152a4f386fe57fd28063e34a3910f665e3c3ee82 /docs
parentf8aa7cf0c00ce61222b33fd322c36745d4e1e5e7 (diff)
Adding negative score fix
- Fixes #84. - Fixing unit tests.
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@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ The [Hacker New's ranking algorithm](https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-ha
## My Algorithm
```
-Rank = ScaleFactor * sign(Score) * log(1 + abs(Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity
+Rank = ScaleFactor * sign(3 + Score) * log(abs(3 + Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity
Score = Upvotes - Downvotes
Time = time since submission (in hours)
Gravity = Decay gravity, 1.8 is default
```
-- Add 1 to the score, so that the standard new comment score of +1 will be affected by time decay. Otherwise all new comments would stay at zero, near the bottom.
+- Add 3 to the score, so that even minimally downvoted comments will be affected by time decay. Otherwise all new comments would stay at zero, near the bottom.
- The sign and abs of the score are necessary for dealing with the log of negative scores.
- A scale factor of 10k gets the rank in integer form.