From 0432da190f819a3dff569cb06491cf9c99661ca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Halpern <bendhalpern@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:15:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak black box so posts won't stick (#3312)

---
 app/black_box/black_box.rb | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/black_box/black_box.rb b/app/black_box/black_box.rb
index eb60d0693..5ca5fb8e6 100644
--- a/app/black_box/black_box.rb
+++ b/app/black_box/black_box.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ class BlackBox
       today_bonus = usable_date > 26.hours.ago ? 395 : 0
       two_day_bonus = usable_date > 48.hours.ago ? 330 : 0
       four_day_bonus = usable_date > 96.hours.ago ? 330 : 0
+      if usable_date < 10.days.ago
+        reaction_points /= 2 # Older posts should fade
+      end
       function_caller.call("blackbox-production-articleHotness",
                            { article: article, user: article.user }.to_json).to_i +
         reaction_points + recency_bonus + super_recent_bonus + super_super_recent_bonus + today_bonus + two_day_bonus + four_day_bonus