I’ve had a couple of instances where I posted something that didn’t get much engagement, so I edited it slightly and reposted a few days later. When I do this, is it better to just make a new post with the same content, or unpublish the old post and then republish it? The latter would start with more upvotes, but also potentially be older, so I am not sure how the ranking algorithm would treat it. Discuss Read More
How does LessWrong’s Ranking Algorithm Work?
I’ve had a couple of instances where I posted something that didn’t get much engagement, so I edited it slightly and reposted a few days later. When I do this, is it better to just make a new post with the same content, or unpublish the old post and then republish it? The latter would start with more upvotes, but also potentially be older, so I am not sure how the ranking algorithm would treat it. Discuss Read More
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