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The rich get richer: everyone who downloads an app by browsing the “top” list reinforces or increases the rank of the apps already on it, entrenching their positions and reducing the visibility of anything below the first few pages.

Can't you fix this by simply excluding installs that happened via the top list from counting towards the top list? If you install it via search or someone's website or even Apple's editorial area, it counts, otherwise, it shouldn't.

Seems like a straightforward way to get rid of the feedback loop.

(everyone should probably do this for top lists, "people who viewed this viewed that" systems and probably even some recommender systems)



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