This still leaves the question of whether different people get different selections or the same open. How often does the process randomly selects a new set of posts?
Given the recent discussion about long-running discussions it might be worthwhile to add the date of the last reply to the weighting. That way older posts that get a reply would rise to the top of the site recommendations and it would be more likely that users would interact with those posts.
I think what you guys have going on here is interesting in part because you are trying to keep the focus on “timeless” posts and discussions, very unlike Twitter or FB. While it makes it a little more difficult to quickly insert yourself into the discussions, it makes sense in terms of keeping the discussions that are happening more focused, but I imagine a lot more people who interact with the site read without commenting or posting. I’m curious whether that’s true, and what you think about it if it is true?
They are randomly selected from top posts, with a weighting that samples more from higher karma posts.
This still leaves the question of whether different people get different selections or the same open. How often does the process randomly selects a new set of posts?
Given the recent discussion about long-running discussions it might be worthwhile to add the date of the last reply to the weighting. That way older posts that get a reply would rise to the top of the site recommendations and it would be more likely that users would interact with those posts.
Yeah something in that space makes sense. (It is currently random on each page refresh)
Ah, thanks!
I think what you guys have going on here is interesting in part because you are trying to keep the focus on “timeless” posts and discussions, very unlike Twitter or FB. While it makes it a little more difficult to quickly insert yourself into the discussions, it makes sense in terms of keeping the discussions that are happening more focused, but I imagine a lot more people who interact with the site read without commenting or posting. I’m curious whether that’s true, and what you think about it if it is true?