Timeline for answer to A/B testing of a "Trending" sort option for answers by NoDataDumpNoContribution
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| Apr 20, 2022 at 2:58 | comment | added | Scotty Jamison | I personally don't mind if the details of the algorithm are a bit hairy, especially in a scenario like this. I expect "trending" to strike a balance between surfacing answers that have recently gained a fair amount of upvotes, while still keeping the order of answers somewhat stable (I wouldn't want a single vote to drastically affect the order of answers). The specific details of how that is done is more of an implementation detail, and it can be as complicated as it needs to be in order to fulfill this intuitive understanding. | |
| Mar 10, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | Kyle Pollard StaffMod | Thanks for bringing this up, I like it! I agree that we'll need to measure performance of these algorithms across different post/vote ages. Your idea around choosing different algorithms based on total number of votes is interesting and I'll consider it, though I'm balancing it with a goal on making this algorithm transparent and understandable. Ultimately, we're looking for an algorithm that tends to sort by trending and our goal is not to find a perfect algorithm. | |
| Mar 10, 2022 at 9:00 | history | edited | NoDataDumpNoContribution | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2022 at 8:05 | history | answered | NoDataDumpNoContribution | CC BY-SA 4.0 |