a story needs (upvotes - downvotes) >= 2 to appear on the front page

app/models/story_repository.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class StoryRepository
 
   def hottest
     hottest = positive_ranked base_scope
+    hottest = has_minimal_score hottest
     hottest = filter_hidden_and_tags hottest
     hottest.order('hotness')
   end
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ private
     scope.where("#{Story.score_sql} >= 0")
   end
 
+  def has_minimal_score(scope)
+    scope.where("#{Story.score_sql} >= 2")
+  end
+
   def filter_tags(scope, tags)
     scope.where(
       Story.arel_table[:id].not_in(