Determine post ranking system

[cameronstinson4]

We need a way to keep the main page fresh with newish gripes while giving enough time for top posts to get popular. So in comes some kind of ranking algorithm.

[cameronstinson4]

My thoughts are: something like a simple function to determine a "relevance" score.

relevance = arbitraryCoeffecient * sumReactions / (timePosted - timeNow)