Cyan comments on Rationalist horoscopes: A low-hanging utility generator. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: endoself 23 May 2011 01:20:11AM *  3 points [-]

If a horoscope's score becomes negative, it is removed from the pool of active horoscopes; otherwise, its chance of being chosen is based on the average value of the votes it has received compared to the other horoscopes, disregarding recently-used ones.

Why not use a Bayesian method, like the one described here.

EDIT: I misremembered; this is not actually a Bayesian method.

Comment author: Cyan 23 May 2011 02:39:25AM *  2 points [-]

That's not a Bayesian method -- it's a frequentist shrinkage method. That said, it's a good one to use for this purpose.

Comment author: endoself 23 May 2011 02:45:22AM *  0 points [-]

Sorry, I read the page a while ago and linked it without rereading.

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