It's mostly based on popularity with some editorial based on if a topic is covered multiple times etc or if we can find a theme. So it's mostly a feedback cycle of popularity on platform.
—But we could probably stand to make more types of lists separate from that weekly one.
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I'm a small business programmer. I love solving tough problems with Python and PHP. If you like what you're seeing, you should probably follow me here on dev.to and then checkout my blog.
It's mostly based on popularity with some editorial based on if a topic is covered multiple times etc or if we can find a theme. So it's mostly a feedback cycle of popularity on platform.
—But we could probably stand to make more types of lists separate from that weekly one.
I like that distinction
Sorry Ben, it's still not clear. What makes a story popular? Page views. Hearts, unicorns, or tags? Number of comments? Is there a formula?
Popularity in this context is mostly traffic, but hearts/unicorns and traffic are leading drivers of that.
Okay thanks, Ben. I appreciate it.