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Re: Top-N article list adjusted for article-age
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:28:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > [...] The elapsed time (article age) will be accounted for later in
> > > searches and top-N lists by scaling the score according to some f(t). • [...]
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> > Here's a crude example -- a static list built "by hand" from a few one-liners
> > using current data:
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> > http://www.lugnet.com/?p=hotlight
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> Interesting.
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> I would also suggest that it might be interesting to have another list that in
> addition to time value, takes the NUMBER of ratings into account.
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> To my way of thinking 2 articles both rated 90 aren't quite the same if one is
> rated 90 by 5 and the other by 50.
I'm with you on this. This is the only real problem with the system as it
stands - not enough readers are rating the posts. Scores on post with only one
rating are of little value (to me) - especially when the single score is 0 or
100. I'm sure things will improve with time... most things do.
Scott A
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> Just something to ponder.
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> ++Lar
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