class BlackBox OUR_EPOCH_NUMBER = "2010-01-01 00:00:01".to_time.to_i # Arbitrary date, but the one we went with. class << self def article_hotness_score(article) usable_date = article.crossposted_at || article.published_at reaction_points = article.score super_super_recent_bonus = usable_date > 1.hour.ago ? 28 : 0 super_recent_bonus = usable_date > 8.hours.ago ? 81 : 0 recency_bonus = usable_date > 12.hours.ago ? 280 : 0 today_bonus = usable_date > 26.hours.ago ? 795 : 0 two_day_bonus = usable_date > 48.hours.ago ? 830 : 0 four_day_bonus = usable_date > 96.hours.ago ? 930 : 0 if usable_date < 4.days.ago reaction_points /= 2 # Older posts should fade end if usable_date < 7.days.ago reaction_points /= 4 # Older posts should fade end if article.decorate.cached_tag_list_array.include?("watercooler") reaction_points = (reaction_points * 0.8).to_i # watercooler posts shouldn't get as much love in feed end article_hotness = last_mile_hotness_calc(article) ( article_hotness + reaction_points + recency_bonus + super_recent_bonus + super_super_recent_bonus + today_bonus + two_day_bonus + four_day_bonus ) end def comment_quality_score(comment) descendants_points = (comment.descendants.size / 2) rep_points = comment.reactions.sum(:points) bonus_points = calculate_bonus_score(comment.body_markdown) (rep_points + descendants_points + bonus_points).to_i end private def calculate_bonus_score(body_markdown) size_bonus = body_markdown.size > 200 ? 2 : 0 code_bonus = body_markdown.include?("`") ? 1 : 0 size_bonus + code_bonus end def last_mile_hotness_calc(article) score_from_epoch = article.published_at.to_i - OUR_EPOCH_NUMBER # Approximate time of publish - epoch time (score_from_epoch / 1000) + ([article.score, 650].min * 2) + ([article.comment_score, 650].min * 2) end end end