not only that, the ranking is also defined by the overall activity in the sub-reddit it is posted in. So you can see a post with fewer upvotes, posted later over a post which has a lot more upvotes posted earlier. Which means, even submissions to very small sub-reddits have a decent chance to be promoted to trending and to r/all even
The trending or 'hot' algorithm is a bit different than the "top" algorithm.
I believe you're referring to the 'hot' algorithm which is meant to take velocity into account. Velocity tries to abstract away contextual factors like subreddit activity, number of votes, etc. and represent how quickly, relative to number of participants, a post is 'rising'.
The 'top' algorithm, however, is purely a factor of total vote (up - down) + time.
Project Ara module development is not as high tech as many might assume, most resources are free and easy to use. It is a 2000 word long post packed with information for potential module manufacturers, and I hope at least 1 person will find it useful and will benefit from those information. :)
These are all resources and tips I could dig up for aspiring module developers. Most people consider it as very high tech, but there are so many low tech applications which could be created by anyone.
Fonkraft was presented as fierce competition for Google Project ARA, and was successfully backed on indiegogo in only 3 days, with 42 days left for the backers to crowdfund. Looking into detail, it just looks to good to be true, and there are multiple holes in the concept.
