No mater what algorithm you use the ranking would remain ridiculous - as ridiculous as trends and fashion are. It's human behaviour that is at fault. The accuracy of the algorithm is only of use if you want to comprehend the detail of what makes people so silly.
best Simon On 3 Nov 2011, at 18:24, Rob Myers wrote: > On 02/11/11 23:06, Simon Biggs wrote: >> We don't need a ranking of digital artists - but I think there is one. >> It's just a secret ;) > > Post-"The Filter Bubble" and given current debates around net censorship > in the free and open UK there's a healthy interest in just how ranking > algorithms work - > > http://culturedigitally.org/2011/10/can-an-algorithm-be-wrong/ > > A public digital artist ranking algorithm would be fun. Public > algororithms are no more open to compromise than private ones - witness > the arms race between Google and "SEO" spam. > > - Rob. > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk www.littlepig.org.uk @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh www.eca.ac.uk/circle www.elmcip.net www.movingtargets.co.uk _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
