How are stories ranked?
The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way.
Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action.
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Personally, I appreciate that the rankings are done at a site level, and there isn’t a bunch of tracking and manipulation to give me a personal “feed” to drive engagement. A lot of comments on this site complain about those practices on other sites. I don’t think it’s welcome here.
(PS please feel free to disagree and post other ones I don’t know about below!)
I read a lot of backend and architecture articles and often struggle to revisit them later.
I’m curious how others handle this.
Do you: Use Notion or Obsidian? Bookmark everything? Keep markdown notes? Rely on memory?
What has worked long-term for you?
What hasn’t?
https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/173314/31143
https://www.reddit.com/r/datacurator/comments/p75xlu/how_i_o...
I don't read everything I have from start to finish. A lot of this is for future reference.
Since that StackExchange post, I'm now up to about 36.6K PDF files in 4.4K directories, with 14.5K symlinks so I can put files in multiple directories.
I also have a separate version controlled repo with notes a bunch of subjects. I'm planning to eventually merge my PDF hierarchy and the notes to have a unified system. It's going to have to be done in stages.
I know about Sci-Hub, Anna's Archive, etc., but I'm not so interested in a giant landfill containing all papers ever written. I'm much more interested in a curated collection of useful papers.
I’m curious — when working with such a large collection, how do you typically rediscover material or connect related ideas across different parts of the hierarchy? Do you rely primarily on directory structure, full-text search, or your notes as the main index?
And as you move toward merging the PDFs and notes into a unified system, do you see the notes becoming the central navigation layer, or will the directory structure remain primary?
I think dang mentioned one time having random stories bubble up to give them visibility and encourage variety and people hated it.
