Seeing posts on Homepage with 5 votes
December 29th 2006 16:20
Hi all,
Should we change the default from 10 votes to 5 to appear on orble homepage, so that we get more variety of authors on homepage?
I know you could manually change it but most visitors would probably just leave it as is most of the time, and a lot of great posts can get missed.
Should we change the default from 10 votes to 5 to appear on orble homepage, so that we get more variety of authors on homepage?
I know you could manually change it but most visitors would probably just leave it as is most of the time, and a lot of great posts can get missed.
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Comment by Adrian
Philosophy Blog
Before you do: have a read over the discussion on this issue in November.
Comment by Adrian
Philosophy Blog
"It's always going to be a trade-off between giving everyone exposure and quality of content."
"I think the threshold should probably be set by the number of posts that appear above it on the front page during one day. I think anymore than 30 new posts a day would probably be too much for your average reader. Also, any more than that and each Post is getting so little exposure it's not really worth being on the front page by default anyway."
Comment by Questionable Content
I mean hell, any of the "top 10"...hell, the top fifty blogs' writers have enough Karma that they could theoretically post pictures of a sheep orgy and still get onto the front page, where they would continue to get the clicks and votes. Where's the fairness in that?
Once they hit the 10-point threshold, no effort is required to get to the front page, where they get more exposure. They've already got their names on the front page and on everyone else's blogs in Popular Blogs sidebars - how much more do they want/need? Popularity doesn't necessarily mean quality.
I'm all for dropping the required votes for the front page.
Comment by Lily
Ars Poetica
~Lily
Comment by Cibbuano
20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
I'm all for the quota, but I argued for it to be higher! I envisioned a magazine-style front page, with just the highest rated stories on the front...
Comment by Adele
Lost Fanatic
Day Break TV
Comment by Anonymous
Comment by ChrisB
Formula 1
The Social Centre
The homepage ends up being filled with the same writers constantly while the rest get no exposure.