Score Instead of Chronology (10–100)

It is the ranking of news not from newest to oldest, but according to an information value score between 10 and 100.

A continuously flowing chronological list causes the news that is actually unimportant but entered most recently to appear at the very top. MagPunk sorts the feed not by time order, but by the score of the news. Thus, a valuable item entered a few hours ago does not get buried under an unimportant item entered just now.

Example: A tabloid news item entered five minutes ago staying at the bottom with a score of 20, while a news item from two hours ago with a score of 85 stays at the top.

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The score range is in the 10-100 band. A score of 99 is the mathematical ceiling an uncritical item can receive; a score of 100 is reserved only for the most important news that truly received the ‘critical’ label. The base score starts from 60 and then additions or subtractions are made according to the qualities of the item (such as being a headline, appearing in multiple sources). In this way, the news presented to the reader’s attention is placed into a calculated hierarchy of value rather than a chronological noise.