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could this be solved with an exponential decay?
aka, saying that a click from 1 month ago is less valuable than someone clicking today.
By tweaking the decay you could change how quickly the algorithm will sway when the conversion rate changes.
EDIT: I just saw that rauljara suggested this below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4040230
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could this be solved with an exponential decay?
aka, saying that a click from 1 month ago is less valuable than someone clicking today.
By tweaking the decay you could change how quickly the algorithm will sway when the conversion rate changes.
EDIT: I just saw that rauljara suggested this below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4040230