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imh on July 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)

The problem here is feedback. The higher rated ones get higher rated, so more people see it so it gets higher rated. That opens up a whole extra can of worms you don't want to deal with.

sova on July 10, 2015 [–]

This is exactly true. You gotta balance freshness, quality, and uncertainty.

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