Elvis
Elvis
Aug 27, 2017 · 1 min read

As a technical person, I can’t help but thinking if “claps” affect the discovering of random, interesting, and unique content on Medium (concerns for readers). How does “claps” affect visibility (concern for writers, especially beginners)? My assumption is that there is only a set of readers that make excessive use of the clap function, and only a certain type of writer that finds this function useful. My opinion, of course. How is this being handled and normalized? More explanation and transparency on the ranking mechanisms used to recommend content (through the new “clap” function) is also a curiosity for many. Anyhow, thanks for making Medium unique and welcoming. 👌

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    Education @ Elastic | NLP Research Scientist | Ph.D. | Twitter (https://twitter.com/omarsar0) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsar/)