How the front page is sorted

Written by the volunteers, last changed 2017-01-09.

Every link starts with one point from the person who sent it. Readers add points; time takes them away. The whole rule is short enough to read in the source of this page, and nothing else decides the order.

What counts

• One point for each reader who found the link useful.
• The age of the link in hours, plus two.
• Nothing else: no names, no tags, no payment.

The arithmetic

The score is points / (hours + 2) ^ 1.6, worked out again every five minutes. A link held by a volunteer keeps its points but is left out of the list.