i am likewise curious how trust gets calculated on stacker news, this is very interesting. is there a post about such an algo? i don't mean to game it, like some, only to understand the attack vectors (of course, that's what a gamer wud also say). 

zapsammy

Thanks. 
Does 'value' mean 'trust score'? 

Coinsreporter

I don't know the mathematical formula either, but I do know that to gain trust rank you have to receive zaps, preferably high ones, from stackers with high trust rank. zapping hard top posts and comments too.

0xbitcoiner

Stacker Saloon

saloon

Yes, I know. But whenever I see such a huge difference I see 'trust rank' as something that might be a very powerful thing for SN in future. 

I'm still to understand how one gains this power on SN.