Re:How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)
by stdbrouw on Thursday July 09, 2015 @06:57AM
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This gives an advantage to new posts for which the probability is much more uncertain: it's easier to get 1 upvote and 0 downvotes (rank 2/3) than to get 1999 upvotes and 999 downvotes (also rank 2/3). Maybe that's what you want, but the post is exactly about those cases when this is not what you want.
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Re:How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)
by dredmorbius on Thursday July 09, 2015 @12:54PM
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New posts frequently start with a disadvantage though in existing systems. Temporarily biasing them favourably increases odds of any moderation. Alternatively you could present them only to a subset of readership. I've suggested this as a solution to HN's new submissions queue problem.
Increase the presentation as ratings increase.
Re:How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)
by Houshalter on Thursday July 09, 2015 @03:29PM
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You can of course use a better prior if you don't think new posts are 50% likely to receive an upvote next. Otherwise I don't see how that behavior is undesirable or against the goal of the article.