This article was published originally in October 2010. (Original HN discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1781013" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1781013</a> (311 points, 1929 days ago, 76 comments))<p>A previous similar article was written by kens in June 2009: &quot;Inside the news.yc ranking formula&quot; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.righto.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;how-does-newsyc-ranking-work.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.righto.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;06&#x2F;how-does-newsyc-ranking-work.h...</a> (I can&#x27;t find the HN discussion.)<p>I think it&#x27;s more relevant to see another article of kens that tries to reconstruct a more recent version of the algorithm, from November 2013: &quot;How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties&quot; How Hacker News ranking really works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (HN discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6799854" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6799854</a> (920 points, 788 days ago, 190 comments))<p>But take all these articles as an approximation, because the current algorithm probably have more tweaks.