Mystalic on Ben Parr, former Co-Editor of Mashable, tech investor, & author of Captivology. I interviewed /u/kn0thing, Sheryl Sandberg, David Copperfield & more for my new book on the science of attention. AMA! - http://www.reddit.com/r...
Mar 3, 2015
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"Random quote from /u/kn0wthing (Alexis Ohanian), on Reddit: On the hotness algorithm: "It's a constantly rising and falling list. Links decay over time exponentially. They have to be up voted to stay up. The genius is that it biases content on freshness and hotness." Next up, his thoughts on cats."
- Ben Parr