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Can someone explain to me the relationship between their public source code and what's actually running on their servers? I thought their voting algorithms were

by jordigh 10y ago

Can someone explain to me the relationship between their public source code and what's actually running on their servers? I thought their voting algorithms were all public, but there are no commits here indicating any voting changes. https://github.com/reddit/reddit https://github.com/reddit/reddit

rjbrock 10y ago
Their anti-spammer code is the only code that is not published as open source
- talmand 10y ago
  Gotta keep the secret blacklist secret.
  - robwilliams 10y ago
    It would be trivial to test whether a site is blacklisted, that's not why the anti-spam code is private.
    - talmand 10y ago
      Why does it seem like people are assuming negativity in my post? I do think the secret blacklist should be kept secret.