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Not confused. Saying that new/top adds bias - that a blind sampling would help solve. Reference to dups provides proof that "top" stories are being missed, sin
by saycheese 10y ago
Not confused. Saying that new/top adds bias - that a blind sampling would help solve.
Reference to dups provides proof that "top" stories are being missed, since one dup might have 100+ upvotes, while another will have just a few upvotes and no comment saying it's a dup; meaning to me the only difference is the volume of comments/votes between the two.
Beyond that, I've seen research that shows seeding a submission with even just a few comments/upvotes greatly increases the odds of future traction.
Point is to reduce noise to signal ratio.
- Tomte 10y ago"New" is simply decided by an unambiguous timestamp. You want to ask users if a story is new, so that they check a timestamp manually and maybe even report correctly? That's inane.