Reordering randomly is not really random

Site Feedback Bug Reports
#1

So basically, imagine that I have items A, B and C.

If I order them by layout, they’ll show up in a specific order (let’s imagine C => B => A). However, if I order them by “random”, Kitsun still displays the items in that same order (C => B => A). What I mean by this is that I feel like Kitsun is actually randomizing the items, but just creating 1 random order and use that every time I ask for random. This is leading for me to be able to memorize the order of items and actually predict which reviews are next in the pile.

image

I suspect the problem is with the “Order direction”. It’s giving “Random” some sort of order to follow, making it not so random.

1 Like
#2

Hmm, I’ll take a look today, thanks for reporting!

1 Like
#3

The “Keep siblings together” option sorting is done after the random sorting, causing it to always revert back to a certain random order (in the sense that it is still random, but not reshuffled every time). I currently don’t see a reliable way of fixing this as doing the sibling sorting beforehand would not keep the siblings together. Putting it on hold for now :sweat_smile:

1 Like