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		A Case Study in Empirical Bayes (ebaytechblog.com)
		19 points by zweiterlinde on Feb 24, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

wodenokoto on Feb 25, 2015 [–]

Isn't this the same algorithm the author of XKCD proposed for Amazon to use in ranking reviews and was later adopted by reddit for ranking comments?

My google-fu is failing me on this one.

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