How does the rating system in HN works ?

6 pointsby armadilko17 anni fa3 comments

I am trying to give points but it doesn't applied I mean I see the number been changed but after page refresh it turns back to the original. Is it a technical problem or I am missing something , I have read all the welcome pages , not a single word there about a rating system.

3 comments

jacquesm17 anni fa

You're doing just fine, the voting system is on the blink, Paul Graham (the owner of this site) is working on it see here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871202

In short, your votes are registered, but are not always counted towards the credits of the thing you have voted on.

javery17 anni fa

It sounds like there might be a waiting period before voting is counted. It could be karma or time based, but honestly either it way it is probably a good idea to slow down the spammers.

Try commenting and participating for a couple weeks and I bet it will start working for you.

romanm17 anni fa

I think PG said something about he is experimenting something with the ranking system.