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		untog on March 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Reddit ranking algorithms work Fascinating to see how HN and Reddit differ. I wonder if anyone can provide an analysis on which one is more appropriate for different scenarios, and why. I certainly have no clue.

redthrowaway on March 22, 2012 [–]

Randall does a pretty good rundown of why the old comment ranking algorithm (which is similar to HN's) was bad here:

http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/reddits-new-comment-sorting-s...

I wonder if pg would consider implementing the confidence sort on HN. It's certainly been effective on reddit.

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