I’m not sure what the current algorithm is other than a general sense of “posts get promoted more if they’re more recent,” but it seems like it could be a good idea to just round it all up so that everything posted between 0 and N hours ago is treated as equally recent, so that time of day effects aren’t as strong.
Not sure about the exact value of N… 6? 12? It probably depends on what the current function is, and what the current cycle of viewership by time of day looks like. Does LW keep stats on that?
I’m not sure what the current algorithm is other than a general sense of “posts get promoted more if they’re more recent,” but it seems like it could be a good idea to just round it all up so that everything posted between 0 and N hours ago is treated as equally recent, so that time of day effects aren’t as strong.
Not sure about the exact value of N… 6? 12? It probably depends on what the current function is, and what the current cycle of viewership by time of day looks like. Does LW keep stats on that?