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[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

So garbage in garbage out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago

Is sort by upvotes an algorithm?

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

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