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GroguMaster

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    You are right, the server handled connections fine. The issue was a single unindexed correlated subquery blocking the entire PostgreSQL connection pool for 13 minutes. We live and …

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    Comment #48880846

    Thank you!

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    Comment #48880838

    Solid feedback, thank you. Hiding the low vote counts now as you are right that they undermine trust at this stage. Appreciate the domain note but we are committed to peakd.io at t…

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    Comment #48878739

    Fair point on the server being undersized. Stack is actually just Node

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    Comment #48877259

    Fair point on the contrast, just fixed it. Thanks for flagging.

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    Comment #48868622

    Not a bug but I understand why it looked like one. We just switched to Bayesian scoring to prevent low vote entities gaming the rankings. Your vote is counted, it just takes more v…

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    Comment #48868546

    Rankings are trust-weighted — account age, voting consistency, and cluster detection make ballot-stuffing impractical. Companies pay for analytics and visibility, not influence ove…

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    Comment #48868539

    Thanks! Business model is already live — companies can claim their page (£99/mo for analytics, respond to reviews, manage their listing) and buy promoted placements that are clearl…

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    We have rank change notifications, personalised feeds based on your interests, and weekly digests already — signing up unlocks all of that. Glad it peaked your interest.

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    Comment #48868346

    Bayesian averaging is live

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    Comment #48868270

    Good point — implementing Bayesian averaging so low vote entities don't dominate the leaderboard. Cheers

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    Comment #48868252

    Ha, fair catch. That's from testing during development and shouldn't be ranking. Removing it now.

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    Comment #48868185

    Already working on it.

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    Comment #48868168

    ood point — we're in the early cold-start phase. Working on a quick-vote mechanic (pick A vs B) to drive volume fast. Appreciate the feedback.

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    Comment #48868155

    Good eye — done!