Overview

The Chirper Algorithm is one that provides users with an intuitive way of understanding the popularity of a tweet. The algorithm calculates the overall "temperature" of a tweet based on the interactions the tweet has had.

How It Works

It determines a tweet's popularity by increasing the tweet's temperature based on the type of interaction and decreasing the temperature during the time when the tweet isn't being interacted with.

The Chirper Algorithm was originally part of a lightweight Twitter clone project that I worked on as a part of a Software Engineering module I am enrolled in as a Computer Science student.

The Twitter clone was completed along with my team members and while the project itself will remain private, I am able to publish the algorithm I developed, along with the source code.