...and yet it has 17 points only being posted 16 minutes ago. Is PG working at all on an algorithm that takes into consideration factors such as the repetition with which certain accounts vote up a link (or a group of accounts) and inversely weigh that against other links sumbitted? Possibly implementing the results via the Fisher Method / Bayesian rank of some kind? As the noise to signal ratio has widened with HN's popularity I find it harder to see the 'good stuff' bubble to the top.
Why am I not surprised I'm being downvoted. Links like this, and the response they get (46 votes now) take away valuable space from fresh, timely and relevant articles yet HN can just as easily be gamed as Digg/Reddit to allow this to happen.
