Side A fixes a real visual/UX bug (colors depending on list position/group size rather than actual vote mass) with a principled min-max normalization and thorough new tests. Side B is a small, low-risk cleanup removing dead-code guard, but changes behavior slightly (items now register even with zero-ratio votes) with less certain downstream impact and a much smaller scope.
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c_66eb04076a98 (tommy-mor) vs c_cf0a514b261a (tommy-mor)
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A replaces ordinal coloring with min–max score gradients, a real UX/semantics fix with edge-case handling and targeted tests. B only deletes a dead zero-ratio guard and retunes one test—useful hygiene, but far less lasting product impact.
Side A changes the ranking color algorithm from list-position-based to score-based min–max normalization within each group, improving the UI so similar scores receive similar colors regardless of group size, and adds focused tests for the new behavior and edge cases such as tied scores. Side B mainly removes a redundant early-return guard and updates a test to reflect existing validation and edge-skipping behavior, which is a useful cleanup but a much smaller, non-functional change.
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A — c_66eb04076a98 (tommy-mor)
message
[0366806e] Color rank rows by vote mass within each group, not list position. Min–max normalization keeps similar scores visually close while still using the full gradient as groups grow and absolute mass dilutes. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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diff --git a/server/src/html/mod.rs b/server/src/html/mod.rs
index a58cbbee3490a08a625cb06df06848c59a615d65..4eff2e19ed4d303ff8e80c1eabd8a15b4990e643 100644
--- a/server/src/html/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/mod.rs
@@ -264,12 +264,19 @@ pub fn scope_theme_style(parent: &ItemId) -> String {
)
}
-fn rank_row_style(parent: &ItemId, ordinal: usize, total: usize) -> String {
- let t = if total <= 1 {
- 0.0
- } else {
- ordinal as f64 / (total - 1) as f64
- };
+/// Map vote mass to gradient position using the group's score range, not raw mass or
+/// list position. Vote mass sums to 1 across the component, so absolute values dilute
+/// as N grows; min–max within the visible list preserves similar scores → similar colors.
+fn score_gradient_t(score: f64, min_score: f64, max_score: f64) -> f64 {
+ let spread = max_score - min_score;
+ if spread < 1e-9 {
+ return 0.5;
+ }
+ ((max_score - score) / spread).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+}
+
+fn rank_row_style(parent: &ItemId, score: f64, min_score: f64, max_score: f64) -> String {
+ let t = score_gradient_t(score, min_score, max_score);
let base_hue = scope_base_hue(parent);
let hue = (base_hue + 118.0 * t) % 360.0;
let lightness = 0.74 - 0.34 * t;
@@ -295,14 +302,15 @@ fn rank_list(
highlighted: &HashSet<ItemId>,
tree: &GlobalTree,
) -> Markup {
- let group_len = items.len();
+ let min_score = items.iter().map(|r| r.score).fold(f64::INFINITY, f64::min);
+ let max_score = items.iter().map(|r| r.score).fold(f64::NEG_INFINITY, f64::max);
html! {
@if !items.is_empty() {
h3 class="rank-heading muted small" { (label) }
ol class="rank-list" {
@for (i, r) in items.iter().enumerate() {
@let href = item_href(&r.item);
- @let style = rank_row_style(parent, i, group_len);
+ @let style = rank_row_style(parent, r.score, min_score, max_score);
@let class = rank_row_class(&r.item, highlighted);
li class=(class)
data-rank-item=(r.item.as_str())
@@ -517,19 +525,37 @@ pub async fn browse(State(state): State<AppState>, uri: Uri) -> impl IntoRespons
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
- use super::{rank_row_style, SORTER_UI_JS};
+ use super::{rank_row_style, score_gradient_t, SORTER_UI_JS};
use crate::path_types::ItemId;
#[test]
- fn rank_row_style_gradients_per_group_not_globally() {
+ fn score_gradient_t_uses_group_range_not_absolute_mass() {
+ assert!((score_gradient_t(0.12, 0.08, 0.12) - 0.0).abs() < 1e-9);
+ assert!((score_gradient_t(0.08, 0.08, 0.12) - 1.0).abs() < 1e-9);
+ // Raw 12% mass would map near the dark end globally; within this group it's the top.
+ assert!(score_gradient_t(0.12, 0.08, 0.12) < score_gradient_t(0.12, 0.0, 1.0));
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn score_gradient_t_similar_scores_similar_t() {
+ let a = score_gradient_t(0.41, 0.20, 0.60);
+ let b = score_gradient_t(0.40, 0.20, 0.60);
+ assert!((a - b).abs() < 0.05);
+ assert!((a - score_gradient_t(0.60, 0.20, 0.60)).abs() > 0.3);
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn score_gradient_t_tied_scores_neutral() {
+ assert!((score_gradient_t(0.25, 0.25, 0.25) - 0.5).abs() < 1e-9);
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn rank_row_style_same_inputs_same_color() {
let parent = ItemId::opaque("test-scope");
- let first_in_four = rank_row_style(&parent, 0, 4);
- let last_in_four = rank_row_style(&parent, 3, 4);
- let first_in_two = rank_row_style(&parent, 0, 2);
- let last_in_two = rank_row_style(&parent, 1, 2);
- assert_eq!(first_in_four, first_in_two);
- assert_eq!(last_in_four, last_in_two);
- assert_ne!(first_in_four, last_in_four);
+ assert_eq!(
+ rank_row_style(&parent, 0.33, 0.20, 0.60),
+ rank_row_style(&parent, 0.33, 0.20, 0.60),
+ );
}
#[test]
B — c_cf0a514b261a (tommy-mor)
message
[047b82bd] Remove redundant zero-ratio guard from reducer. Zeros are already rejected at the DSL parser and browser handler; the guard in apply_vote was dead code. The negative clamping stays since add_edge_weight already skips weight-0 edges correctly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
diff preview
diff --git a/server/src/reducer.rs b/server/src/reducer.rs
index 0e36979abe0f051493038ff7e652efc7f7a0ac80..efbf7f67ff24c7a2989102fe62879b2794a27c5f 100644
--- a/server/src/reducer.rs
+++ b/server/src/reducer.rs
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ impl GroupState {
if vote.ratio_right < 0 {
vote.ratio_right = 0;
}
- if vote.ratio_left == 0 || vote.ratio_right == 0 {
- // Zero on either side produces no valid edge; drop before registering items or pair.
- return;
- }
-
let a_idx = self.ensure_item(&vote.a);
let b_idx = self.ensure_item(&vote.b);
diff --git a/server/tests/basic.rs b/server/tests/basic.rs
index 08159f4a7f0850fd165817a4a1af4f31ced2ad76..1748769ccf7196b2d81cf556d5368c7e723f6a4e 100644
--- a/server/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/server/tests/basic.rs
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ fn dsl_parse_rejects_zero_zero_vote_ratio() {
#[test]
fn reducer_negative_ratio_clamped_to_zero() {
let _state = ReducerState::default();
- // GroupState::apply_vote clamps negatives to 0; when either side is 0 the vote is dropped.
+ // apply_vote clamps negatives to 0; add_edge_weight skips zero-weight edges.
let mut group = GroupState::new();
group.apply_vote(slugsocial_server::reducer::VoteData {
ts: 1,
@@ -546,10 +546,9 @@ fn reducer_negative_ratio_clamped_to_zero() {
delegate: Some("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:test:local/test".to_string()),
thread_tag: "t".to_string(),
});
- // Nothing registered: zero-clamped vote is dropped before ensure_item.
- assert!(group.idx_to_item.is_empty());
+ // Items and pair are registered; edges are absent because weight 0 is skipped.
+ assert_eq!(group.idx_to_item.len(), 2);
assert!(group.edges.is_empty());
- assert!(group.voted_pairs.is_empty());
}
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