That would be interesting. Right now looks like it's ranking them based on points.
Unorthodox.
Objective. There is no way to rank these stories otherwise without human interference.
What about AI?
AI is full of human interference.
that was the joke...
Could easily implement an algorithm that ranks them based on number of new, non-hidden, non-flagged comments during the last 24 hours times the amount of hours since it was posted, which would manifest a 'best' metric where a thread that's really old but still draws discussion would be pushed to the top.
> There is no way to rank these stories otherwise without human interference.