Popularity based on votes seems like a super-simple algorithm at first, but it can get pretty hairy once you get into the details. This post dives into some of those details and discusses how to make an algorithm that is complete and effective.
I'm M. Jackson Wilkinson, a technologist, designer, speaker, educator, and writer in San Francisco. I'm the CEO and Founder of WeSprout, which is coming soon. I'm from Philadelphia, went to Bowdoin College in Maine, root for the Phillies, and love to sing.