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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•23 days agoDepends how broad your definition of algorithm is. Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? I say no but sort by hot is. So it is possible by this definition to have a feed without any algorithm.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•23 days ago Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? Any sorting at all can only happen through one of the following: luck magic divine intervention an algorithm
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•23 days agoThis is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish0•23 days agoWhat if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•22 days agoSo how does that neural network perform that task? There I can see only two possible options: magic an algorithm
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•22 days agoEh, please tell me how you’d implement a heuristic that doesn’t work either through magic or an algorithm.
Depends how broad your definition of algorithm is. Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? I say no but sort by hot is.
So it is possible by this definition to have a feed without any algorithm.
Any sorting at all can only happen through one of the following:
This is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.
What if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?
So how does that neural network perform that task? There I can see only two possible options:
A heuristic
Eh, please tell me how you’d implement a heuristic that doesn’t work either through magic or an algorithm.
So garbage in garbage out.