From a898c804a15e9ffd5a41f4723965f72045f1ac36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jonathan R. Warden" Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:35:19 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Minor edit to readme --- README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 611e7b6..42bedb1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Computing this sum over the story's entire history on Hacker News gives the stor sample stories rank history chart sample expected upvotes chart -
History of rank, upvotes, and expected upvotes for a sample story
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## The Upvote Rate @@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ The factor of how many more or fewer upvotes a story receives than expected is c ##### Chart of Upvote Rate for a Sample Story sample upvote rate chart -
History of the estimated upvote rate of a sample story
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+ The relationship `upvotes ≈ upvoteRate * expectedUpvotes` holds even in the aggregate, independently of the ranks at which upvotes actually occurred. This can be seen by taking the sum of a story's upvotes across all time intervals: