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GeneralArticle Ratings - again Pin
peterchen7-Jul-04 6:57
peterchen7-Jul-04 6:57 
Idea: Each new article starts out with a rating of 3, silver member.

Reasoning:
IMO the rating works well in the long term. However, the first fistful of votes have an immense effect on article perception and visibility (and thus, how it can acquire new votes).

An automatic initial vote would reduce the effect of the initial votes, while not affecting the long term behavior or preferring any article.

The "start vote" would ideally:

  • keep the long term behavior in tact
  • reduce the "peakiness" of the initial votes (and thus look more fair)
  • can turn the "recent articles that got a single 5 vote" list into an actual "latest best picks"
  • still allow outstanding articles to rise, and poor articles to fall quickly
  • can be added fairly to all existing articles by a simple script (I hope)


It can not

  • Solve "hate ratings" alltogether (however, the effect of a single "knee jerk 1" is less)
  • make everyone happier than before
  • Remove all luck factors from vote acquisition


Side Effects:
The "average rating" will favor many votes over few.
I understand that this is primarily the job of the "Popularity rating", but I think some of this would also help spread the top field a little bit better. (That's the main disadvantage I see)



Example: Imagine an article that "deserves" the ratings 4 5 5 5, making an average of 4.75. Receiving votes in above order, however, reduces visibility (it's a 4/4.5 article, not a full fiver, and likely lose the "latest best picks" position. It will take longer to acquire those votes, after it will be no longer in the latest best picks or the recent updates. Receiving the same votes in different order will "promote" the article better, and thus attract much more votes.

I didn't try any numbers _how_ existing articles would be affected, how "strong" the automatic vote actually is, etc. (The "power" can be regulated by the weight, from my "feel" for averages, a single vote is quite powerful in data sets<=10 elements)


Just an idea to keep you busy, Chris.


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GeneralRank Articles by their comments count Pin
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