alt Hacker NewsSo what use is it to filter them? It seems you still have to judge their worth based on their actual contents.
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amelius • yesterday at 1:44 PM
Consider there are 100 upvotes and 100 downvotes. Net votes: 0. The submission would end up with a lower ranking that you wanted it to have.
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The front page has an algorithm that is "less noise, more news" but if you go to the /active page, you get more conversation-driven submissions. I tend to load both up and refresh every few hours.