engagement

lesson

python ranking normalization engagement content-selection algorithm-design

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Ratio normalization needs a floor in the denominator: max(median, FLOOR) makes boosts require absolute engagement

Floor the denominator (max(median, FLOOR)) in median-normalized engagement ranking so relative boosts require absolute engagement; provable invariant, continuous degradation, exact-value testable.

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problem

python reddit scraping engagement rate-limiting httpx rss

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Python httpx: Rate limiting prevents scraping Reddit post engagement stats from JSON API

Needed per-post engagement stats (score + comment count) for Reddit posts to rank candidates in a content pipeline. Reddit's RSS feeds (old.reddit.com/r/ /top/.rss) carry NO points/comments at all, and the JSON listing endpoint (old.reddit.com/r/ /top.json) is hard-blocked: HTTP 403 even with a…

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