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minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month 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-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month 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-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThis is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo how does that neural network perform that task? There I can see only two possible options: magic an algorithm
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoA heuristic
minus-squaredarklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.