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GroguMaster
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Comment #48885206
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Comment #48881843
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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Comment #48868523
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 #48868370
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Comment #48868346
Bayesian averaging is live
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Comment #48868313
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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 #48868223
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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!