Here's the MYSQL explanation:
Every correct word in the collection and in the query is weighted according to its significance in the query or collection. This way, a word that is present in many documents will have lower weight (and may even have a zero weight), because it has lower semantic value in this particular collection. Otherwise, if the word is rare, it will receive a higher weight. The weights of the words are then combined to compute the relevance of the row.
Such a technique works best with large collections (in fact, it was carefully tuned this way). For very small tables, word distribution does not reflect adequately their semantic value, and this model may sometimes produce bizarre results.
I suspect slash (and porn and ita) have little semantic value, what with the omnipresence and stuff.
I suspect slash (and porn and ita) have little semantic value, what with the omnipresence and stuff.
And 'ita' won't even register, because it's too short.
PF Stompy Foot? Really stinky troll in Buffy American Style, NAFDA equivalent. Stomp, stomp, stomp! Do the dance of squishy trolls!
Pfah.
Going through and checking changes, I've realized that since we allow tags (
t i
t u
t b
) in taglines, the same fscking can happen there that can happen in posts. Which means that we need to roll the same function against tags as we do posts, which means it's no longer a method of posts, but a generic helper function.
FYI.
it's no longer a method of posts, but a generic helper function.
Does that raise the idea of making QuickEdit available in the tagline box as well, or is that just more trouble and work? Just a thought.
I'd rather take out the tag-ability and put quickedit in. Limited quickedit, though.
Or we could just not have HTML in tags. I'm good with that too.
Hokay. Implemented some of Jon's changes -- you are now informed (via a server-side count) that your tag has been amputated. Also put in the screen so one can change the number of posts displayed.
ita, since we're worried about bandwidth issues, which is preferable -- more posts/page or fewer?
It won't make any difference to the bandwidth if you read 100 posts in ten lots of ten or five lots of twenty -- it'll just make the pages larger for your browser.
