[greenwallnorway]

I average a score in the range 1500-2000 (out of 2500).

I imagine those who spend more time on hn will ace it.

[tptacek]

It helps a lot just to have an intuition for what a big article is here. The slider starts at ~1500 votes, which is an insanely successful story. You can get a strong score just by guessing 400 for everything, nudging up +100 for things you remember being popular and down -100 for things that seem obscure.

[greenwallnorway]

Yea - I didn't think too long on how to calculate points well. Is there a more balanced strategy?

Identifying some of the truly high-scoring articles (>1000) should be rewarding, and 200 vs 400 points is a pretty big difference on hn

[ivanjermakov]

I got 2000ish, but I remember seeing 3/5 headlines. Perhaps I should spend less time there...