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Hot is not a trade secret. How it works is public information. Here the code: https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/blob/master/r2/r2/lib/db/_sorts.pyx#L47
by jedberg 4y ago
Hot is not a trade secret. How it works is public information. Here the code:
https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/blob/master/r2/r2/lib/db/_sorts.pyx#L47 https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/blob/master/r2/r2/l...
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y ago> Latest commit d990533 Aug 17, 2015 Unless you run your own instance of reddit how can you be sure that is what is used?
- edgyquant 4y agoIt’s definitely not what’s used anymore. Reddit went closed source and when they did so they gave one reason being their internal codebase had completely diverged and moved to micro services
- edgyquant 4y agoNo that is how old Reddit worked before it went closed source and evolved into a social media app over the top site with comments it used to be