I wonder if the algorithm (if it is done algorithmically?) that selects the posts to put in “Recommendations”/”Forum Favourites” should also be weighted for occlumency. It seems like the reasons outlined in this post would push in favour of this, though I have some concern that there’d be old posts that are now outdated, rather than foundational, which could get undue attention.
I share this “outdated, rather than foundational” concern. I think it is possible that what is really called for here is human editorial attention rather than algorithms and sorting tools. Someone or someones to read through tons of old stuff and make some Best Of collections.
Experimental fine-tuning might be in order. But even without it, Occlumency has a different set of problems to Magic (New & Upvoted), so the option value is probably good.
As for outdated post, there could be an “outdated” tag that anyone can add to posts and vote down or up. And anyone who uses it should be encouraged to link to the reason the post is outdated in the comments. Do you have any posts in mind?
I’d use this feature if added!
I wonder if the algorithm (if it is done algorithmically?) that selects the posts to put in “Recommendations”/”Forum Favourites” should also be weighted for occlumency. It seems like the reasons outlined in this post would push in favour of this, though I have some concern that there’d be old posts that are now outdated, rather than foundational, which could get undue attention.
I share this “outdated, rather than foundational” concern. I think it is possible that what is really called for here is human editorial attention rather than algorithms and sorting tools. Someone or someones to read through tons of old stuff and make some Best Of collections.
Experimental fine-tuning might be in order. But even without it, Occlumency has a different set of problems to Magic (New & Upvoted), so the option value is probably good.
As for outdated post, there could be an “outdated” tag that anyone can add to posts and vote down or up. And anyone who uses it should be encouraged to link to the reason the post is outdated in the comments. Do you have any posts in mind?