Comment on What Does It Take to Be a ‘Best-Selling Author’? $3 and 5 MinutesparentComments−infogulch10yThere are statistical methods to fix the algorithm. How Not To Sort By Average Rating[0] reviews a couple of the typical ranking 'algorithms' and presents a much better option. There was a thread[1] about this article last year.[0]: http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9855784−nkozyra10yHow does that apply here? The best-seller tag is applied to books that have the most sales.
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There are statistical methods to fix the algorithm. How Not To Sort By Average Rating[0] reviews a couple of the typical ranking 'algorithms' and presents a much better option. There was a thread[1] about this article last year.
[0]: http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9855784
How does that apply here? The best-seller tag is applied to books that have the most sales.