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It's likely that, at any given time, the top 2-3 links of /r/funny are highly-ranked enough to make the front page -- except the algorithm won't let more than o
by raldi 12y ago
It's likely that, at any given time, the top 2-3 links of /r/funny are highly-ranked enough to make the front page -- except the algorithm won't let more than one from that subreddit through at a time.
So the alpha-funny link makes it, and the beta-funny link has to sit on page 3, suppressed, unable to take its rightful spot... until suddenly alpha-funny is too old, and is kicked off the front page, at which point beta-funny immediately ascends to take its place.
- Havoc 12y agoI see. That does make sense. Bit of a curious view on "normalization" but I can see how that would result in the strange graphs.
- raldi 12y agoIt's kinda like the British royal family: Prince Charles is just one heartbeat away from the throne, but as long as the queen is healthy, she's the one who gets to be on all the money.
- unholiness 12y agoIt appears the normalized_hot is only used for the first two pages. The rankings after that are subreddit-agnostic.