example.py

"""
I need to create a "most active" or "hottest" stories list, the main variables
being number of comments, number of views, and pubdate.

How do I take the three variables and create sort of weighted score, then sort on the score?
"""

stories = [
    {   # 2 days old
        "id": 1,
        "num_comments": 12,
        "num_views": 3000,
        "pubdate": datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 6, 6, 0, 0, 0) 
    },
    {   # high comments
        "id": 2,
        "num_comments": 201,
        "num_views": 600,
        "pubdate": datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 8, 6, 0, 0, 0) 

    },
    {   # a few hours/minutes old, but high views
        "id": 3,
        "num_comments": 1,
        "num_views": 1300,
        "pubdate": datetime.datetime(2014, 10, 6, 13, 43, 42, 859814) 
    }
]