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How Not To Sort By Average Rating
Users are rating items on your website. How do you know what the highest-rated items are?
- Points
- 750
- HN comments
- 562
- Submissions
- 7
- Cited by
- 57 commenters
Math & AlgorithmsWeb & Frontend2012
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2012 | How Not To Sort By Average Rating by llambda | 750 | 153 |
| Aug 30, 2017 | How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009) by Aqwis | 383 | 156 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | How not to sort by average rating (2009) by soheilpro | 325 | 82 |
| Feb 12, 2009 | How Not To Sort By Average Rating by marcus | 195 | 56 |
| Jul 9, 2015 | How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009) by jmilloy | 150 | 59 |
| Mar 25, 2010 | How Not To Sort By Average Rating by ntoshev | 141 | 31 |
| Oct 25, 2024 | How not to sort by average rating (2009) by notracks | 77 | 25 |
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