From ade311d2ecdfd087889e6ab86e985ae51a5f6d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Maciej=20P=C4=99dzich?= Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 15:39:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify my moral stance on FaceMash --- .../blog/racemash-my-appwrite-x-hashnode-hackathon-project.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/content/blog/racemash-my-appwrite-x-hashnode-hackathon-project.md b/src/content/blog/racemash-my-appwrite-x-hashnode-hackathon-project.md index 5fac034..6358406 100644 --- a/src/content/blog/racemash-my-appwrite-x-hashnode-hackathon-project.md +++ b/src/content/blog/racemash-my-appwrite-x-hashnode-hackathon-project.md @@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ The answer lied in a movie called _[The Social Network](https://www.imdb.com/tit After casting a vote, another pair was picked and the cycle continued. Each girl was assigned [an Elo rating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system) that got updated based on the expected outcome of the vote and the actual result. -It didn't take long before I connected two and two together to form the conceptual foundation for RaceMash and came up with the name itself. When it comes to the latter, I believe replacement of the letter _F_ with the letter _R_ in FaceMash is pretty much self-explanatory, and registering `racemash.com` domain name even more so. +For the record, I didn't find what Mark had done _cool_, or otherwise morally acceptable. I did, however, enetertain the idea of using the core FaceMash mechanic of having the users choose one of two randomly selected **photographs** and updating their internal ratings based on the users' votes. -But when it comes to the former, don't skip to the tech stack bit just yet, because my app will have two more features up its sleeve. +It didn't take long before I came up with the name itself. Replacing the letter _F_ with the letter _R_ in FaceMash seemed like a fitting choice, given that my app would feature images of race cars. I settled on the name shortly after I found out that the `racemash.com` domain name had been available. And yes, I did go on to register it. ## How is this app supposed to work?