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Re: Top stories threshold
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:04:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > I think the Top Stories function works on just evaluating the Top 10
> > spotlighted posts.
Correct. Crossweighted by age, so that newer items are generally
preferred over older items. You'll see something climb up the list as
more and more people spotlight it, then fall as it ages.
> You could be right. But a higher threshold would encourage more people
> to spotlight the on-topic posts, in order to get them in the top
> stories. You can investigate how adjusting the threshold might affect
> the results here
> http://www.lugnet.com/spotlight.cgi
The threshold there only specifies how far down (from 100) to go before
not showing any more in that particular listing. The spotlight list on
the main page (and other sidebars) is always 10 items.
> BTW I'm pretty sure the off-topic tree is already excluded from the top
> stories.
Nope, but they are given an automatic score of -100 (which is equivalent
to two negative "votes"). Of course, there isn't actually such a thing
as a negative vote -- only 0 (no opinion), 75 (highlight), and 100
(spotlight) -- but since it's just math internally, it ends up just being
a numbers game.
Everything in .admin is also given a -100. Everything in an announcement
group is given an automatic +200.
--Todd
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| (...) Hey, thanks for the explanation. Do you think it would be wise to give some automatic points to lugnet.build? I only say this because so many people (myslef included, really) say they would rather see MOCs in the top stories list rather than (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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