As mentioned above, we are now testing out some changes designed to make the home page algorithm better suited for users who visit more or less often. This will make it so that people who visit every day will see a home page similar to the existing algorithm, while less frequent users will see a “slower” home page which is weighted less towards recency and more towards karma.
We are rolling this out as an A/B test, so initially only 1/3rd of users will get the new algorithm. You can deliberately opt in (or out) by going here and selecting “New ‘slower’ frontpage algorithm” in the final dropdown. Some more details about the changes:
This will apply to both logged-in and logged-out users. For logged out users: it’s calculated by device for you, so if you visit on your phone and your laptop the home page may be different
(shh don’t tell anyone) If you’re really a power user you can set the exact speed of the algorithm by adding “?algoActivityFactor=[number]” to the home page url like so. “algoActivityFactor” is a number between 0 and 1 which we calculate for each user based on their visit frequency. A value of 1 indicates daily visits, 0 means you’ve never visited, and a value around 0.5 corresponds to visiting every ~3 days. Keep in mind that this is mainly intended for debugging, so we can’t guarantee it’ll work forever
We’d love to hear your feedback on this, such as “I’m a daily user but I still think the slower algorithm is way better for me” (or the opposite). You can reply here or reach out to us at forum@centreforeffectivealtruism.org
Update on the home page algorithm
As mentioned above, we are now testing out some changes designed to make the home page algorithm better suited for users who visit more or less often. This will make it so that people who visit every day will see a home page similar to the existing algorithm, while less frequent users will see a “slower” home page which is weighted less towards recency and more towards karma.
We are rolling this out as an A/B test, so initially only 1/3rd of users will get the new algorithm. You can deliberately opt in (or out) by going here and selecting “New ‘slower’ frontpage algorithm” in the final dropdown. Some more details about the changes:
This will apply to both logged-in and logged-out users. For logged out users: it’s calculated by device for you, so if you visit on your phone and your laptop the home page may be different
(shh don’t tell anyone) If you’re really a power user you can set the exact speed of the algorithm by adding “?algoActivityFactor=[number]” to the home page url like so. “algoActivityFactor” is a number between 0 and 1 which we calculate for each user based on their visit frequency. A value of 1 indicates daily visits, 0 means you’ve never visited, and a value around 0.5 corresponds to visiting every ~3 days. Keep in mind that this is mainly intended for debugging, so we can’t guarantee it’ll work forever
We’d love to hear your feedback on this, such as “I’m a daily user but I still think the slower algorithm is way better for me” (or the opposite). You can reply here or reach out to us at forum@centreforeffectivealtruism.org