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Order by popularity divided by dau? #207

Open stevecondylios opened 3 years ago

stevecondylios commented 3 years ago

With an increasing user base over time, ordering by popularity creates a small bias toward more recent items.

Using an ordering criteria that adjusts for user base growth over time - perhaps monthly or daily active users (if available) -could fix.