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[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

Is sort by upvotes an algorithm?

Any sorting at all can only happen through one of the following:

[-] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

This is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 18 hours ago

What if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

So how does that neural network perform that task? There I can see only two possible options:

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 hours ago

A heuristic

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Eh, please tell me how you'd implement a heuristic that doesn't work either through magic or an algorithm.

[-] freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

So garbage in garbage out.

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