updated voting and scoring to give more "power" to admins

client/templates/footer.js

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Template.footer.rendered = function(){
 	}
 
     document.title = getSetting("title");
-
 	if(Meteor.user() && !Meteor.user().loading && !Meteor.user().createdAt){
 		throwError("Due to the Auth API update, please log out and then create a new account. Sorry!")
 	}

client/templates/post_item.html

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             | <a href="/posts/{{_id}}/edit" class="edit-link goto-edit">Edit</a>
           {{/if}}
           {{#if is_admin}}
-          | score: {{short_score}}, votes: {{votes}}
+          | votes: {{votes}}, baseScore: {{baseScore}}, score: {{short_score}}
           {{/if}}
         </p>
       </div>

lib/helpers.js

@@ -37,4 +37,14 @@ sessionSetObject=function(name, value){
 
 sessionGetObject=function(name){
 	return JSON.parse(Session.get(name));
+}
+
+// returns how much "power" a user's votes have
+getVotesPower = function(userId){
+	var user=Meteor.users.findOne(userId);
+	if(user.isAdmin){
+		return 5;
+	}else{
+		return 1;
+	}
 }

lib/vote.js

@@ -20,36 +20,36 @@
   
   var upvote = function(collection, id) {
     return prepareVote.call(this, collection, id, function(userId) {
-      
+      var votePower=getVotesPower(userId);
       var query = {_id: id, upvoters: {$ne: userId}};
-      var update = {$push: {upvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: 1}};
+      var update = {$push: {upvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: 1}, $inc: {baseScore: votePower}};
       collection.update(query, update);
     });
   };
   
   var downvote = function(collection, id) {
     return prepareVote.call(this, collection, id, function(userId) {
-      
+      var votePower=getVotesPower(userId);
       var query = {_id: id, downvoters: {$ne: userId}};
-      var update = {$push: {downvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: -1}};
+      var update = {$push: {downvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: -1}, $inc: {baseScore: -votePower}};
       collection.update(query, update);
     });
   };
   
   var cancelUpvote = function(collection, id) {
     return prepareVote.call(this, collection, id, function(userId) {
-      
+      var votePower=getVotesPower(userId);
       var query = {_id: id, upvoters: userId};
-      var update = {$pull: {upvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: -1}};
+      var update = {$pull: {upvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: -1}, $inc: {baseScore: -votePower}};
       collection.update(query, update);
     });
   };
   
   var cancelDownvote = function(collection, id) {
     return prepareVote.call(this, collection, id, function(userId) {
-      
+      var votePower=getVotesPower(userId);
       var query = {_id: id, downvoters: userId};
-      var update = {$pull: {downvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: 1}};
+      var update = {$pull: {downvoters: userId}, $inc: {votes: 1}, $inc: {baseScore: -votePower}};
       collection.update(query, update);
     });
   };

server/scoring.js

@@ -7,16 +7,22 @@ var Scoring = {
     if(isNaN(object.score)){
       object.score=0;
     }
-
+    if(typeof object.votes === 'undefined'){
-    // just count the number of votes for now
+      object.votes=0;
-    var baseScore = object.votes;
+    }
+    // use baseScore if defined, if not just use the number of votes
+    // note: for transition period, also use votes if there are more votes than baseScore
+    var baseScore = (typeof object.baseScore === 'undefined' || object.votes>object.baseScore) ? object.votes : object.baseScore;
 
     // now multiply by 'age' exponentiated
     // FIXME: timezones <-- set by server or is getTime() ok?
     var ageInHours = (new Date().getTime() - object.submitted) / (60 * 60 * 1000);
     
-    object.score = baseScore * Math.pow(ageInHours + 2, -0.1375);
+    // Bindle algorithm
+    // object.score = baseScore * Math.pow(ageInHours + 2, -0.1375);
 
+    // HN algorithm (same as Bindle)
+    object.score = (baseScore) / Math.pow(ageInHours + 2, 1.3);
   },
   
   // rerun all the scoring -- TODO: should we check to see if the score has 
@@ -37,6 +43,6 @@ var Scoring = {
 // tick every second
 Meteor.Cron = new Cron(1000);
 // update scores every 10 seconds
-Meteor.Cron.addJob(30, function() {
+Meteor.Cron.addJob(10, function() {
   Scoring.updateScores();
 })