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minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoRandall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible ‘what ifs’ developed the ‘top’ sorting algorithm for reddit.
minus-squareEyck_of_denesle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWow. I never knew that. Thanks for the context.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days ago the ‘top’ sorting algorithm Isn’t ‘top’ just the highest vote score within a given timeframe? ‘Hot’ and ‘controversial’ seem like they would be more difficult to design…
Randall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible ‘what ifs’ developed the ‘top’ sorting algorithm for reddit.
Wow. I never knew that. Thanks for the context.
Isn’t ‘top’ just the highest vote score within a given timeframe? ‘Hot’ and ‘controversial’ seem like they would be more difficult to design…