"Popular" Algorithm

Ditto

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Kraellin wrote: so, rather than alter the 'popular' routine, i'd leave that one as 'all time most popular' and start a new, additional category of 'currently most popular'.

Craig, they changed it already......check it out.....

FF posted this about it.....

"Our list of popular filters has been stale for years, due to a rigid ranking algorithm. We're going to shake things up a little -- the new algorithm we're testing gives more weight to newer filters, so the list will be more dynamic. Check it out and let us know what you think!"

.....are my eyes deceiving me.....or are we in agreement on this one???

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StevieJ wrote: dividing popular filters into two catagories.....one entitled "Most Used" with old algorithm.....and one entitled "Currently Popular" with new algorithm.....

Hey Vlad.....how about keeping "Popular" with the new algo.....and adding a new "Most Used" tab with the old algo???

The old algo just seems to be a much better representation of "usefulness", IMHO....

What about a Hall of Fame approach that pulls the consistently high ranking filters out to allow room for the newcomers.

Then if you institute a weighted rank for new filters that fades over time you could allow the best to bubble up. This would be an alternative to a tab for "best of the new filters"

I must concur with Craig....

I understand what you are trying to do as well.....but to be perfectly honest, the old filters at the "top of the loop" are of much better qualilty and usefulness than the new filters that you are now getting.....and the good filters that you do get here and there, seem to be climbing the ranks like they should to join the upper echelon of popular filters.....which indicates to me that your old algo was working quite well.....

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: The old algo reinforces "the rich get richer" loop

I think that's what should be happenning with the best quality and most useful filters.....until better, more useful filters come along to take "usage" away from them.....

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: I'd like to give newer filters a chance to get some downloads and usage before the older ones are back.

Kinda like pulling the first string to give the second string some playing time, eh??? I do understand that there is a usage handicap for V2 filters since most users still have V1.....but like I said, the initial new/try-it-because-it-looks-cool usage will put alot of sub-ops on top.....and might hurt FF in initial filter quality "appearance" when potential customers/beta users check out what they think should be all the best filters at the top of the 'Popular' catagory.....

Personally, I would want all the very best filters right there up top on the first page of the 'Popular' catagory because it is what everyone looks at first.....and plays a big part in selling the program, IMHO.....