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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
> > Ah - yep I understood the sqrt part. What I meant is that creating a list of
> > the most popular messages skews the vote - because the most votes will end
> > up being put on items on the list, only because people use the list to
> > browse.
>
> I almost get what you're getting at, but I'm stuck on one part of it. In the
> early stages of an article's appearance, let's say it's position 19 out of 20
> on a top-20 page, and let's say only 7 people have voted +1 on it so far.
> Should it, in it's infancy, be hindered from climbing higher just because it
> happens to be on the top-20 page? I don't think so.
I'm not sure if referenced votes *should* be weighted differently, I just
thought I'd throw it in :)
Hmm.. if you did weight top-20 page posts differently, then *really* cool posts
in low-traffic groups would still get ignored.. unless you adjusted the
weighting according to an average traffic rating for the group.. but that's
getting too messy!
> Thus, a newer, fresher article's score ought to be "amplified" automatically
> compared to an older article. For example, a 5-hour-old article with a score
> of, say, 3.7 should win out over a 5-day-old article with a score of, say,
> 9.2.
Ah, I didn't read the time bit before. Yup, having that option along with the
definable x in n^x should make it more meaningful. I assume you'll need to use
a minimum time when using that to amplify a position? Otherwise a 0 minute old
article with 1 vote could shoot up to the top of the list! (Someone voting for
the article they've just posted.)
I can see that this will keep the math-geek within you happy for a while :)
Are you any good with quadratic spline curves?
Richard
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