diff --git a/src/plugins/discourse/declaration.js b/src/plugins/discourse/declaration.js
index f268a67..24347a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discourse/declaration.js
+++ b/src/plugins/discourse/declaration.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const topicNodeType: NodeType = deepFreeze({
   name: "Topic",
   pluralName: "Topics",
   prefix: NodeAddress.append(nodePrefix, "topic"),
-  defaultWeight: 2,
+  defaultWeight: 0,
   description:
     "A topic (or post-container) in a Discourse instance. Every topic has at least one post.",
 });
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const postNodeType: NodeType = deepFreeze({
   name: "Post",
   pluralName: "Posts",
   prefix: NodeAddress.append(nodePrefix, "post"),
-  defaultWeight: 1,
+  defaultWeight: 0,
   description: "A post in some topic in a Discourse instance.",
 });
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const topicContainsPostEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "contains post",
   backwardName: "is contained by topic",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "topicContainsPost"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 16, backwards: 1 / 4},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 0, backwards: 1 / 8},
   description: "Connects a topic to the posts that it contains.",
 });
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const postRepliesEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "post is reply to",
   backwardName: "post replied to by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "replyTo"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 2, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a post to the post that it is a reply to.",
 });
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const authorsTopicEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "authors topic",
   backwardName: "topic is authored by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "authors", "topic"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 4, backwards: 1},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 0, backwards: 1},
   description: "Connects an author to a topic they created.",
 });
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const authorsPostEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "authors post",
   backwardName: "post is authored by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "authors", "post"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 4, backwards: 1},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 0, backwards: 1},
   description: "Connects an author to a post they've created.",
 });
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const createsLikeEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "creates like",
   backwardName: "like created by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "createsLike"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a Discourse user to a like that they created.",
 });
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export const likesEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "likes",
   backwardName: "is liked by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "likes"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a Discourse like to a post that was liked.",
 });
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const referencesPostEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "references post",
   backwardName: "post is referenced by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "references", "post"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 2, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 2, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a Discourse post to another post it referenced.",
 });
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const referencesTopicEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "references topic",
   backwardName: "topic is referenced by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "references", "topic"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 2, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 2, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a Discourse post to a topic it referenced.",
 });
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const referencesUserEdgeType: EdgeType = deepFreeze({
   forwardName: "mentions",
   backwardName: "is mentioned by",
   prefix: EdgeAddress.append(edgePrefix, "references", "user"),
-  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 4, backwards: 1 / 16},
+  defaultWeight: {forwards: 1 / 4, backwards: 0},
   description: "Connects a Discourse post to a user it mentions",
 });