Kaj_Sotala comments on New "Best" comment sorting system - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 02 July 2012 04:46:14PM 5 points [-]

How do the "Best", "Popular", and "Top" algorithms work?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 02 July 2012 06:46:56PM *  2 points [-]

"Top" simply calculates the (number of upvotes - number of downvotes) and puts on top the comments that rank the highest this way.

I think "Popular" tries to favor comments that don't have many downvotes or something, I'm not sure.

"Best" apparently works by magic.

Comment author: matt 02 July 2012 10:56:57PM *  2 points [-]

I think "Popular" adds weight to recent comments. This seems to be a much worse way of achieving what "Best" shoots for.

Comment author: Elund 03 November 2014 02:00:38AM *  0 points [-]

This seems to be a much worse way of achieving what "Best" shoots for.

Not necessarily. Someone who has already seen the best comments and returns a while later to see what new but good comments have been posted may have a use for it.

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