Comments on: 86.54% liked this http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/86-54-liked-this.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Monkey_pants http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/86-54-liked-this.html#comment-1631254 Monkey_pants Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206147#comment-1631254 Boy, I wish I understood this math. Then I might understand why so much boring/racist/sexist crap ends up on the front page. Boy, I wish I understood this math. Then I might understand why so much boring/racist/sexist crap ends up on the front page.

]]> By: jlargentaye http://boingboing.net/2013/01/16/86-54-liked-this.html#comment-1629775 jlargentaye Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206147#comment-1629775 Reddit has a different algorithm to sort comments. It was explained by BB-favorite Randall Munroe (author of XKCD) <a href="http://blog.reddit.com/2009/10/reddits-new-comment-sorting-system.html" rel="nofollow">in a post on their blog</a>. I find it even more fascinating, as it tries to calculate the absolute value of a comment with confidence rising as it gets more votes. Edit: oops, I misremembered it. Munroe didn't write the algorithm, he just wrote the post explaining it. Reddit has a different algorithm to sort comments. It was explained by BB-favorite Randall Munroe (author of XKCD) in a post on their blog. I find it even more fascinating, as it tries to calculate the absolute value of a comment with confidence rising as it gets more votes.

Edit: oops, I misremembered it. Munroe didn’t write the algorithm, he just wrote the post explaining it.

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